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  • Dog Training Tips for Kids: Teach “Shake”

    Dog Training Tips for Kids: Teach “Shake”

    Dogs are born pleasers. They live for our approval. They are motivated to learn when the training is fun and when the trainer — you — is being friendly and patient. Animal behaviorists have proven that dogs learn best with positive reinforcement. That … Read More

    For Kids

    by Arden Moore
  • Cat Enrichment Project for Kids: DIY Treat Toy Puzzle

    Cat Enrichment Project for Kids: DIY Treat Toy Puzzle

    Welcoming a kitten or cat into your home is a big deal and a major responsibility. Cats are not toys that can be turned on whenever you want to play or ignored when you don’t feel like taking care of them. Your cat depends on … Read More

    For Kids

    by Arden Moore
  • Habitat Project: Build a Coffee Tub Nest Box for Birds

    Habitat Project: Build a Coffee Tub Nest Box for Birds

    Social distancing got you down? Are your kids stir-crazy from being cooped up at home? Does the supermarket feel like a scene from a sci-fi movie? Life in lockdown and parenting during a pandemic isn’t what most of us signed up for. But coronavirus is … Read More

    For Kids

    by Mary Kay Carson
  • Project: Build Your Own Seedling Rack (VIDEO)

    Project: Build Your Own Seedling Rack (VIDEO)

     A seedling rack provides a space-saving vertical garden to give your plants an indoor head start. This rack, made primarily from inexpensive PVC pipe and fittings, can accommodate grow lights to give your … Read More

    House & Home

    by Spike Carlsen
  • Drawing Nature (Even Indoors)

    Drawing Nature (Even Indoors)

    Hi everyone, There are so many moments when we find ourselves waiting. In those moments, I try to be always observing. Drawing has led me to explore the world in a deeper way. It might do the same for you. I thought it would be … Read More

    How-To's

    by Julia Rothman
  • Cool Kitchen Pantry Science Experiments

    Cool Kitchen Pantry Science Experiments

    Science, for those of you now playing the role of teacher to stir-crazy kids, is much more than just a subject taught in school. It’s a process we humans invented to help us sort facts from fantasy, and truth from superstition. To show your kids … Read More

    For Kids

    by Jonathan Adolph
  • Five Ways for Kids to Lend a Hand at Home

    Five Ways for Kids to Lend a Hand at Home

    Are your parents kind of . . . freaking out? We thought so. You can help! Seriously. You can really, really, actually help. While you’re home from school — when you’re not doing your schoolwork, obviously — you can learn new skills to make your … Read More

    For Kids

    by Catherine Newman
  • Homemade Soap: Calendula Cleansing Bar

    Homemade Soap: Calendula Cleansing Bar

    Calendula is one of those herbs whose flowers seem to contain their own source of light. If you’ve ever grown it in your garden, you’ve likely experienced yourself the deep, warm glow emanating from calendula’s fiery yellow-orange blooms. So it comes as no real surprise … Read More

    Crafts

    by Storey Digital Editors
  • Weaving with Paper: Swedish Stars

    Weaving with Paper: Swedish Stars

    Paper opens a whole new world of weaving. These Swedish stars are made using a traditional Scandinavian paper weaving technique. You can choose to work with the most ubiquitous of papers — newspaper, brown craft paper, maps, sheet music, or even pages from used books. Read More

    Crafts

    by Gwen W. Steege
  • Make Your Own Miso

    Make Your Own Miso

    Miso is more than just soup stock. It is an umami-rich, salty fermented paste, traditionally made with soybeans and a grain koji, generally rice koji or barley koji (with the exception of an all-soybean miso). It is a quintessential Japanese seasoning that is also a … Read More

    Recipes

    by Kirsten K. Shockey and Christopher Shockey
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