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Is your child looking for a creative way to connect with nature? A DIY nature crown is a fun activity to do with kids. This craft project will help you show children the fascinating world of nature right outside your door. Using easy-to-find materials like sticks, acorns, bark, pine needles, leaves, and other treasures found in the outdoors, you can create a one-of-a-kind nature-inspired crown. All you need is a few supplies and a bit of imagination!

Share the Sweetness1589 590SharesIf you’re just joining us for this Toddler School Gardening Unit, we’re just now getting to the green part. My goals for this unit are to teach Cash about the great outdoors by planting a garden together throughout the Spring and into the summer. He is very interested in how things work! The… Read More Teaching Toddlers How Things Grow | Gardening Unit

Schools out for the summer (I hope you sang that in your head) and the kids are back at the house. Now rather then let them wear out your couch or wear on your nerves, push them out the back door and into the garden. The outdoors are where summers should be spent and if you can't get to the park to