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Outdoor digging garden: space for digging, natural loose parts, dirt, and garden

Backyard Play Area

When the weather’s nice, we are outside all day. Because my boys love digging, and I do not want a yard full …

Sensory spring water table: sights, touches, and smells of Spring!

Sensory Spring Water Table

Isn’t Spring a wonderful season? Setting up a sensory Spring Water Table is very easy (especially if, like me, your yard has …

Dandelion Games: active fun in your backyard!

Dandelion Games

To celebrate the Spring, and to play with the bright yellow dandelions dotting our yard, we hosted our own “Dandelion Games!” This …

Tips for gardening with kids

Tips for Gardening With Kids

For the last few years, we’ve let our son play a large role in planning our garden, both with flowers and vegetables. …

Exploring Leaf Color Changes

Jumping in leaf piles, catching leaves as they fall from trees, crunching leaves in our fingers, tossing leaves in the air, collecting …

Exploring Footprints

While on a walk after a recent rainfall, we passed an old baseball field.  We noticed that there were tracks across the …