Amazed by how much life relies on rot, the kids wanted to know if they could create a composter, so they could see the rot close up. I credit The Magic School Bus Meets The Rot Squad: A Book About Decomposition for developing this fascination. Since, composting also provides some amazing soil for use in […]
How to Save Migrating Monarchs & Empower Our Kids to Help
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has filed a petition to list monarch butterflies as endangered. The verdict on whether these beautiful and important pollinators will be registered as threatened or endangered is due June 2019! Monarchs who are born in the summer don’t migrate. Their offspring, on the other hand, born in the fall […]
Flower Suncatchers for Toddlers and Preschoolers
Flower Suncatchers for Toddlers and Preschoolers based on Miss Lady Bird’s Wildflowers: How a First Lady Changed America As part of The Nature Book Club this month we are learning about prairie flowers. Prairie flowers are wildflowers that bloom in late summer and are typically found in a prairie. Some examples include Coneflowers, Milkweed, […]
STEAM Challenge – Does Water Ever Flow Up?
Does Water Ever Flow Up? STEAM Challenge Our kids are naturals at generating life experiences with gravity. One good fall on the playground or a dropped Popsicle is often all it takes for our little ones to get the concept. We just need to supply the vocabulary. Gravity is also the force that keeps […]
