Hammer Balls from Plan Toys is a curved wooden box with three colorful balls and a mallet, this toy helps children to improve hand-eye coordination, aligning, slotting and aiming. Pound the balls and watch them roll out one by one. It is now one of my all time favorite toddler … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2009
Could "Liquid Wood" Replace Plastic?
Ugh. By now, anyone paying attention knows about the plastic "soup" floating across the Pacific. You're well-versed in the phthalates problem. You avoid bisphenol-A. You even try to avoid plastic overall as to lessen your consumption of petroleum. But what if that plastic … [Read more...]
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Activity
Any container that I do buy I either recycle or look for a way to reuse. We have mountains of carrot juice bottles that I am always trying to find ideas for. This was a very fun simple activity to do and will help me when my daughter needs something quietly to play. I have been … [Read more...]
Promoting Peace Through Education: Three Cups of Tea/Central Asia Institute Donation
I finally finished reading Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time. If you are not familiar with this book, it is about Greg Mortenson's mission to build schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan. In Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to … [Read more...]
Lead in Vitamins: How to Pick a Vitamin that is Most Likely to be Lead Free
Isn't that crazy? I can't write the title of this post as "lead free vitamins", because none of them can be definitively described as lead free. And I know, no one is lead free, lead is in our foods in small amounts. But it is still simply astounding to me that lead is in … [Read more...]
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