What kid doesn’t love playing with the paint swatches at Home Depot while you’re trying to pick up brushes and wait for your custom-matched color to be mixed and shaken? Heck, I love the paint swatches. While I love the nature scavenger sheets I find everywhere (Last week, Mt. Diablo had some simple ones in …
I’m pleased to welcome Mandi Lee Han, MA, to the blog to give some fantastic Montessori outdoor activity ideas to do using your family walks. Mandi is a Montessorian and behavior therapist dedicated to teaching others how to make independent learning activities to meet children’s needs by re-purposing and reusing toys and common household items using …
Did you know that springtime means that the oil in poison oak and ivy is more potent than usual? That means that it’s going to be much stronger if you get it in spring. And walking with kids means poison oak awareness! How Not to Get Poison Oak The bad news: there really isn’t a …