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Tips from a Homeschool Mom: Best Books for Babies, Toddlers and Kids

Tips from a Homeschool Mom: Best Books for Babies, Toddlers and Kids

Raising learners with a lifelong love for reading can start as early as the newborn days. Starting with high contrast books with little to no text...

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What is play?

What is play?

What is play exactly? Why do we play? Why do children play? Why do animals play? When you see dogs playfully roughhousing or dolphins joyously...

Outdoor Preschool During a Pandemic: Creating an Urban Forest School

Outdoor Preschool During a Pandemic: Creating an Urban Forest School

So there we were last spring: in the middle of a global pandemic. School, childcare, everything, shutdown! Then all summer we wondered: Yes, school? No,...

Knee Deep in Nature

Knee Deep in Nature

Ok, I admit it—it’s difficult for me when my kids go back to school in the fall. I’m one of those adults who has a...

The Beauty of Connection

The Beauty of Connection

It was the most healing thing I’d seen during this whole COVID time: children playing together—finally. After how long? Too long. My two sons, 8 and...

Learning with Nature: The Science of Mud

Learning with Nature: The Science of Mud

Play, especially messy play, is often under appreciated in children’s learning. This is particularly true when it comes to playing with mud. Adults focus on the...

Learning with Nature: Animals and Empathy

Learning with Nature: Animals and Empathy

“Look a worm. We should make it a home!” If you’ve spent any time with young children, you’ve likely heard a phrase similar to this...