Our family’s first adventure into cooperative games was the Yoga Garden Game. My daughter and I started playing this game when she was three years old, as she had shown an interest in yoga. In the Yoga Garden Game, players work together to plant the flowers before nighttime falls. Players take turns rolling the dice to move a bumble bee around the circular game board. Depending on where you land, [...]
How Groundhog’s Garden Grew
We have finally done it! After being inspired by my friend Teri’s guest post in February, my daughter and I have finally made our own Waldorf doll from a Magic Cabin Doll Kit. The Magic Cabin Doll Kit comes complete with mohair yarn for hair, wool for stuffing the body, embroidery floss for eyes and mouth, and skin stretch fabric. In addition, you will need matching thread for the skin [...]
It has been over six months since I wrote about the Klean Kanteen
In six [...]
Children today are bombarded with plastic, limiting toys that do not expand their imaginations or aid their development. Not only can plastic toys be harmful to children’s health, but the production of plastic toys further increases our dependence upon petroleum and leaves a greater carbon footprint than natural, wooden toys. There are many companies that produce wooden toys; however, not all of these companies provide information about the kind of wood they [...]
Two years ago, my daughter received a magnetic princess dress up doll similar to Melissa and Doug’s Princess Elise Magnetic Dress-Up Doll
With environmental issues on the forefront of many peoples minds these days, there has been an increase of children’s literature on the subject. My Body My House is one such book that focuses on the choices we make in our home that affect our body’s health. Written by Lisa Beres and illustrated by Juila Woolf, My Body My House addresses “sick building syndrome“, suspected as being responsible for almost half of the illnesses in [...]
Hello Hello
One of my favorite things to do at the park as a child was swing on the tire swing. There was something about the shape of the tire and the way it swung that appealed to me. Our backyard was not big enough for a tire swing, but I always enjoyed tire swings at my friends’ houses. Recently, the Green Guide provided safety information about tire swings. I have always [...]
The breadth of organically grown products available today is amazing. Children do not have to miss out on childhood treats, such as lollipops, because their family only eats organic. Two weeks ago, we discovered Yummy Earth’s Organic Lollipops
Fair Trade is a term often used in the sustainable, green community, and I remember first encountering it on chocolate and coffee labels. According to Alicia Erikson of Green Options, “The Fair Trade criteria (from the Fair Trade Federation) are:
Paying fair wages in local context;
Supporting participatory workplaces;
Ensuring environmental sustainability;
Supplying financial and technical support;
Respecting cultural identity;
Offering public accountability; and,
Educating consumers.”
Fair trade certification has moved beyond [...]
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