{"id":731,"date":"2010-04-20T06:09:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-20T06:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.wordpress.com\/?p=731"},"modified":"2010-04-20T06:09:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-20T06:09:00","slug":"a-few-good-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/20\/a-few-good-things\/","title":{"rendered":"A Few Good Things&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><strong>&#8230; that have caught my attention lately:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color:#008000;\">Here&#8217;s a super simple, inexpensive spray you can make to clean fruits and veggies at home: <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Susan Sumner, a food scientist at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, developed a solution that is an effective disinfecting procedure to clean those conventionally-grown fruits and vegetables. It is non-toxic and inexpensive, and can also be used to sanitize your kitchen counters and food preparation surfaces such as wooden cutting boards. She simply uses white vinegar (or cider vinegar) and 3% hydrogen peroxide (the same as found at the drugstore). Put each solution into 2 spray bottles. Spray your produce (or work surface) with the vinegar and follow with the hydrogen peroxide. Then rinse the produce under running water or wipe the surface with a clean, wet sponge.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beyondprescriptions.org\/2010\/03\/got-an-app-for-that\/\">(source)<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\">Yahoo&#8217;s Healthy Living section has <a href=\"http:\/\/shine.yahoo.com\/channel\/health\/9-ingredients-to-avoid-in-processed-foods-1268429\/\">this simple chart<\/a> of 9 food ingredients to avoid, what they do and why they&#8217;re bad.\u00a0 This is great info if you&#8217;re unclear why brominated vegetable oil is added to soda anyway or you want something concrete to convince your mother-in-law that yes, food coloring really does cause hyperactivity and other problems for lots of children and there&#8217;s a reason to stop filling your kids up with red Kool-aid and Skittles.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude09<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color:#993300;\">I&#8217;m really enjoying the <a href=\"http:\/\/progressiveearlychildhoodeducation.blogspot.com\/\">Let the Children Play<\/a> blog from a preschool teacher in Australia.\u00a0 Much of the focus is on how to make outdoor spaces good for children, especially related to nature and the senses. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#ff6600;\">Likewise, I&#8217;m loving <a href=\"http:\/\/www.playbasedlearning.com.au\/\">irresistible ideas for play based learning<\/a>, also from an Australian preschool and also focused on outdoor play spaces for children.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_w1BrWfOP08A\/S8gtXo1wx3I\/AAAAAAAAB-c\/OOxNToO0xZw\/s1600\/PA280010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(photo by irresistible ideas for play based learning)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><strong>Any neat blogs or sites or ideas on your radar this week? <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; that have caught my attention lately: Here&#8217;s a super simple, inexpensive spray you can make to clean fruits and veggies at home: Susan Sumner, a food scientist at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, developed a solution that is an effective disinfecting procedure to clean those conventionally-grown fruits and vegetables. 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