Pin ItThe Garden Classroom: 52 Kids Gardening Activities e-book appeared at just the right time for us.  One morning I discovered our Grow Your Own Potato school kit would not be sent to us until next year and that our plans for the summer gardening experiments would not work as planned.   Read More ...

Pin ItLast year was the first time I needed to think about a Mother’s Day gift that wasn’t for my own Mother.  I was childminding/babysitting 2 children of different ages ( 16 months and 10 years), and at different times of the day.  So I needed to come up with   Read More ...

Pin It I  was inspired by Maggy of Red Ted Art and her new Google+ endeavour of weekly challenges on her hangouts.  This week’s theme was to craft an item using stones.  I’ve been thinking about making myself a necklace from a little polished rock for a while but haven’t   Read More ...

Pin ItHappy New Year!  The RSPB is having their annual Big Garden Bird Count on the weekend of January 26/27 in the UK.  You can see more information about it and sign up for free here.  It only takes an hour of your time to see which birds you can   Read More ...

Pin ItWe made this bird feeder last autumn.  It’s a good way to recycle some of the things you may already have lying around your home and turn them into something useful, just in time to help the birds store energy before the long winter or migration.  Tristan was 3   Read More ...

Pin ItOur little family has never been foraging for food before.  In fact, it seems a bit strange to just go and pick berried from parks to eat or preserve.  My mom does go foraging on the Canadian prairies, but usually only around the farm hedges where she knows the   Read More ...

Pin ItIt’s autumn time once again, and everything is changing, even our snacks!  I know I missed this post for Canadian Thanksgiving on October 8th, but there’s still Halloween and American Thanksgiving coming up which will see many a pumpkin be hollowed out. Making a Jack-O-Lantern is lots of fun,   Read More ...

Pin ItThis activity was inspired by our Bird Spotting activity.  It took me a little long while to get organised, though it really isn’t very difficult at all.  I wanted a more portable version of our activity.  At first I made this one for our trip to Regina, Canada, using   Read More ...

Pin ItBird watching from the comfort of your own home is a rewarding experience for the young and not-as-young both.  There is always a new bird to look for or something new to learn.  It can also become quite addictive.   We’ve been doing this project since last spring/summer.  Our good   Read More ...

Pin ItOver the next little while we’ll be doing a round-up of some activities we’ve done over the summer, in no particular order.  This will keep you up to speed with our family, and give us a little time to settle into the new year of childminding and our first   Read More ...