I was working on my computer a few weeks ago while my two-year old slept.  My four-year old came into the room, climbed up into my lap, looked at the computer monitor and said, “What’s that stuff in the water?”  I had been checking on the latest news about the Gulf oil spill. We spent [...]

I posted last year here and here about our surprise acquisition of composting worms … since that time I’ve made peace with the worms and my kids really enjoy feeding them, watching them and learning about them.  My son especially enjoys them since he’s already got a penchant for things that make adults go “blech!” [...]

I initially volunteered to write this post for National Pollinator Week (in partnership with Bloggers Unite) primarily because my son enjoys learning about animals in general and is often fascinated (although a bit scared) of bees. As I started doing some research for this post, however, I discovered a wide variety of resources on the [...]

I’m doing it for the sake of my children.  Who knew that a brown thumb would be such a detriment in child-rearing?  Last spring my son was two and a half and I was able to get him interested in seeds and plants. I had the perfect project all planned – we would take a cardboard [...]