Happy Monday! Let’s plan a little fun for the week, shall we? Here are ten ways to make a little magic with your kiddos this week. And with that, chickadees, I’m off to do utterly magical things like deal with musty laundry that we all forgot. 😜 Have a magical week! Don’t forget to take…
Happy Monday! I hope things are good in your little corner of the world. Here are a few ways to make some magic with your kiddos this week. 1. Make up some garden potions in the back yard. Kids can mix and match ingredients to personalize them, like blowing dandelion seed wishes into them. Secretly…
Happy June! I’m so sorry to have been quiet for so long. Some people have said they miss these posts so I’m going to try to start them up again on Mondays the way I used to. So without further ado, here are a few ways to make some magic this week! And with that,…
It’s that time of year again. For like 20 years (yes, I am getting old!) I’ve been telling you to do pumpkin pounding! Here’s what I told you back in 2009. I swear I was 20 at the time. 😉 It’s that time of year again, and few things are as fun as pounding pumpkins. …
Over the years, there have been a lot of times when my one of my children has suddenly seemed like a totally different child. My previously angelic toddler suddenly was aggressive and obstinate, my baby who had slept well at night was suddenly an unhappy night owl, or my normally calm preschooler just seemed miserable…
Here’s a super simple way to bring a little bit of nature indoors and teach kids a bit about ecosystems. Make a terrarium out of a jar from the recycling bin (we used a salsa jar) and a bit of moss and tiny plants from a shady area of your yard or nearby natural…
Hello, magical people! I know that many of us will be at home with our kiddos for quite a long time with the Coronavirus quarantines around the world and I thought a list of ways to make the day magical might help. I have a master list of 100 ways to make today magical, but…
I have happy news for our family. Rhiannon Lee (Annalee or Anna to old time readers, Rhia nowadays) and I have published a children’s poetry book! It all started when Rhia showed me her mushroom doodles in her journal last year. I fell in love with them and told her they should be in a…
The March 2020 issue of Wild Kids Magazine is up! For those who are new to the magazine, Wild Kids is a free monthly printable nature-based magazine that I publish as a nonprofit way to put some more good in the world. Each issue includes ways to learn and play in nature that month, foraging…
I happened upon a pretty incredible video that you have to see to believe today — a beluga whale playing fetch! https://twitter.com/_SJPeace_/status/1192547789332525063?s=17 Now if that doesn’t make you smile, I don’t know what will. 🙂 I had to share it, and figured I might as well see if I could find some fun stuff about…