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“There is life in a stone. Any stone that sits in a field or lies on a beach takes on the memory of that place. You can feel that stones have witnessed so many things.” – Andy Goldsworthy
Rocks, stones, and pebbles. From collecting them, to throwing them into a pond – kids [...]

Let your kids express themselves with artwork on the driveway!
Here are our favorite recipes for making sidewalk chalk, sidewalk paint, and sidewalk spray paint. All three recipes are inexpensive, and clean-up easily with water!
Just in time for Father’s Day, today we are going to create driveway art devoted to Dad – what [...]

What is our fascination with water?
Children of all ages love to dabble and play in it; even adults are inexplicably drawn to it. Maybe it’s our desire to try and control one of nature’s most powerful elements.
Well, now there’s a way you can easily control water and bend it to your will, [...]

Years ago, when my kids were very young, I started a storytime tradition with our family that has become our “Story Blanket”.
I have a large old quilt that my Mom made for me when I was little, and it is the blanket we always sit on when reading or telling stories. We spread the [...]

The beginning of summer is usually marked by the arrival of noisy, crawling, flying, creeping bugs. What better time than June to get outside with your kids and explore the secret world of bugs!
Take Fireflies for example (also known as Lightning Bugs)… Seeing a Firefly up close at night for the first time, holding [...]