Outdoor lifestyle: writing and reading
Summer is here and we all have been warned about not letting our kids have a total break from reading and writing this summer....
Picking berries and making pie from the garden
A little greeting from my parent’s backyard in Norway. Since we have arrived, our days have been full of hikes in the forest or...
Summer in outdoor playgroups
In Medford Minnesota they are doing fun water play in the backyard which sounds like my kind of summer fun.
In Illinois they are celebrating the...
Make a BBQ Pizza
One of the easiest ways to make sure you are getting outside is to eat outside. We try to eat every meal outside both in...
How to make a butterfly house
We missed playgroup this week because the baby still had a fever and was fussy from getting her immunizations the day...
Go urban picking make a gift and Mulberry icing
One of my childhood memories is picking wild blueberries and lingon berries (if you ever have been on IKEA that is the jam they...
Some fun gardening experiments for kids (big kids too)
My veggie patch this year
I hope you are growing edibles in your garden with your kiddies this summer. It is so much fun growing...
Make a Fairy House this summer!!
By Mark Forman
Children, parents and grandparents, as well as gardeners and those who care for the environment can all have fun building fairy houses....
Harvest locally
By Kari Svenneby
I’m sure you are like me, loving the return of the barefoot season. Up in the north, I’m growing some my...
Have fun with stones and rocks by the beach
Rock on.. Stones and rocks by the beach offer many activities for kids. I’m sure if you take a trip to the beach...
