Homemade Clouds
It is winter in Ohio and we are all too familiar with the gray wash that has become the sky. Many days we look out the window to see...
Advent Sun Calendar: Day 19, "Shadow Land"
As we prepare for the upcoming winter solstice I thought it would be appropriate to focus how darkness and light balance each other...
Advent Sun Calendar: Day 14, "Winter Sun Catchers"
I'm excited to share our winter sun catchers with you! Aren't they pretty? I'm actually quite enamored by them and love even more how...
Advent Sun Calendar: Day 12, "Beautiful Bark"
Usually December files by in a rush of stress and too many things on the "to-do" list. But oh no, not this time. Over here we are...
Advent Sun Calendar: Day 10 "Winter Light"
Doesn't this picture say it all? Being outside fills this girl with such joy! Today the whole family set out on a winter walk through...
Advent Sun Calendar: Day 1
We started our Advent Sun Calendar today and I couldn't be more excited! With our center focus around the coming of the light this year...
The Life of Stars and Trees
Time is relative. We may say that something feels like it takes "forever" but of course we don't really mean it. When a person lives to...
Should Children Wield Sticks?
There are a lot of things currently seen as taboo that used to be second nature. Children have been running barefoot with sticks for as...
Greening Our Schools
Image Credits: Ognen Teofilovski / Reuters What if instead of being stuck inside four walls for hours on end every day, our kids were...
Moon Journaling For Kids
After observing the Harvest Moon the other night it got me thinking about various ways to connect the kids to the night sky. It is so...
