Bond with Your Neighbors this May Day!
Now that our great white north has finally transformed itself into a lush green wonderland, we are reacquainting our family with our neighbors.
In our effort to raise caring kids and a stronger world, we also aim to strengthen our community...
Raising Service-Minded Kids
I’m paring back on this blog just a bit, moving from two posts a week to one as baby prep and family obligations pick up. The exception will be posts like this. Occasionally I run across resources that inform the Doing Good Together...
Green Spring Cleaning
How can you turn a necessary, tedious chore into a family-time effort for good?
Over the last couple of weeks, our family has cleaned together. Spring cleaned, the sort of cleaning where closets get sorted through, walls get wiped down, and...
Crafts for a Cause
Spring may be inspiring us all to get outdoors, but inevitably, rain will chase us back in again. Prepare yourself for the next rainy day with a crafty book full of helpful projects and the website that started it all.
Jade Sims Craft Hope:...
Literary Toolbox: Last Child in the Woods
Last week I posted about the importance of A Sense of Place, referring briefly to Richard Louv’s book Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature Deficit Disorder.
This week, spring is truly upon us. While our tomatoes and...
Kinder Book Club: Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
William Steig’s beautiful fairytale Sylvester and the Magic Pebble captures the imagination even as it teaches young children what truly matters.
We stumbled across this gem at a library. Miss Kindergarten is somewhat obsessed with Caldecott...
