Celebrate the Earth: Five Ideas to Celebrate Arbor Day with Children

Today is Arbor Day. Founded by J. Sterling Morton in 1872, National Arbor Day is celebrated to encourage tree planting and care. Here are five ideas for celebrating Arbor Day with your children: Plant a Tree and Give it a Name This is the classic Arbor Day activity. Whether you … [Read more...]

Celebrate the Earth: Find a Sacred Spot in Nature to Share With Your Children

My children are fortunate to grow up surrounded by nature, thus they have a natural attachment to the environment around them. As an avid hiker, I have always found spots in the woods that felt sacred to me and somehow spoke to my soul. My children have inherited my affinity … [Read more...]

Celebrate the Earth: Music for a Green Planet

I am a harsh critic of children's music. I don't like most of the crap that is out there, and I don't understand why children should be subjected to poor musical compositions just because they are children. Based on my strong musical opinions, it was with hesitancy that I … [Read more...]

Celebrate the Earth: Tracking Shadows to Become Human Sundials

The other day, my daughter asked me what time it was. I gazed up at the sun and told her it was 3:30 pm. She checked her watch, and then in astonishment asked me how I knew the time. She had no idea that you could tell time from the sun, even after we had just visited the … [Read more...]

Celebrate the Earth: Create Art Outdoors With Your Children

One of the ways Impressionism revolutionized the art world was by taking the creation of art from the studio to the outdoors. In fact, Impressionists have been called "open air" painters, because they took advantage of the mobility offered by the invention of tubes of paint and … [Read more...]