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Bird-Watching Scavenger Hunt for Kids
If you are looking for a quiet activity that connects your kids to nature, try bird-watching. It’s a wonderful way to spend time outdoors and to tune into your natural surroundings. Children can engage their observation skills and their senses as they listen for bird … Read More
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Everyday on Everything: A Spice Blend for Good Health
The more we learn about the medicinal powers of spices, the more possibilities come into focus regarding use of spices for health. Abundant evidence supports the use of spices in our food for the prevention, and even possible treatment, of some of our most common … Read More
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Transplanting Tips for Kid Gardeners
Moving a seedling or grown plant to a new place is called transplanting. It can be planting a potted plant in the garden or moving a plant from one place in the garden to another. Before you move seedlings outside, though, you need to harden … Read More
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Three Mini Squash Varieties to Grow This Year
W hat’s your favorite way to warm up on a cold winter day? Mine is to put on a big pot of homemade squash soup! With such a staggering selection of varieties, you’ll quickly discover that there is a perfect squash for whatever you want … Read More
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Hand Stitching: Thoughtful Threads Notecards
In this age of email and texts, receiving a handwritten note is a treat. It’s especially charming to get one on a handmade card. All three of the following patterns use the slow stitching needlework style, with each version a bit more challenging than … Read More
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How to Sew a Custom-Stitched Card and Envelope
A whole world of sewing opens up when you master drawing with thread. We like to use a sharp pencil, chalk, or vanishing ink pen to sketch some guidelines on the surface before stitching. Come up with your own motifs, use templates, or just improvise … Read More
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Bread Machine Recipe: Overnight Oatmeal Bread
This is a great breakfast bread, perfect to put together in the evening to be ready for the next morning. Then use what remains for sandwiches at lunch. Pour the water right on top of the oatmeal, so that it soaks overnight. This … Read More
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How to Make and Maintain Bread Leaven
Maintaining a nice leaven embroils you much more intimately in the interior life of your bread. For those who bake only occasionally, keeping a sourdough culture going may not make sense, but for anyone who bakes a lot or most of their bread, the practice … Read More
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Eyes on the Sky: Springtime Astronomy for Kids
Kids love space (and adults do, too!). Watching the sky always gives me a sense of perspective. The stars and planets have been around for billions of years, and they’ll be here for billions more. Even though we’re all stuck at home right now, I … Read More
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Art Project for Kids: Found Object Sculpture
Artists make sculptures out of all sorts of materials, including stone, wood, glass, and wire. Some sculptures are small enough to fit in the palm of a hand, and some are large enough to fill a gymnasium. Luckily, you don’t need special tools or materials … Read More
