My husband, who grew up here on Long Island, enjoying voyages on the small wooden boat his grandfather built, turned to me two weeks ago
Category: Ecology
Kismet. Sometimes it seems like things are just meant to happen. My husband booked us a whale watching trip for the Sunday before the Water
Show us how you’re having a Smart Summer! The prize this week (Forest-Friendly Week) is from a great company in the education space, for which
Can you find all the colors of the rainbow in the woods? We go on hikes and nature walks almost every weekend and love to
0-3 (Babies and Toddlers) 3-5 (Preschool) 3-5 (Preschool) 3-5 (Preschool) 5-6 (Kindergarten) 5-6 (Kindergarten) 5-6 (Kindergartners) 6-8 (Early Elementary) 6-8 (Early Elementary) Bodily-kinesthetic Ecology Featured Performing Arts and Theater Smart Summer Challenge
Woodland Animal Masks
Masks are fun way for children to explore and move and act in different ways. For our Forest-Friendly Week of the Smart Summer Challenge, we
Did I say I was excited for Backyard Science week? Well, I am EVEN MORE EXCITED to share activities for Forest-Friendly week of the Smart
1-2 (Toddler) 1-2 (Toddlers) 3-5 (Preschool) 3-5 (Preschool) 5-6 (Kindergarten) 5-6 (Kindergarten) 6-8 (Early Elementary) 6-8 (Early Elementary) Ecology Featured Science Smart Summer Challenge Summer
Butterfly Coffee Filter Craft
After we released our butterfly friends it just seemed like there was something missing from our home. So, we made one of our favorite crafts:
We’ve visited our local vivarium and are fascinated by butterflies. To get a closer look at the butterfly life cycle, we ordered the Insect Lore
Flowers are such a lovely part of spring and summer. We’ve planted, pressed, dissected, drawn, and studied these beautiful blossoms and are ready, soon, to
3-5 (Preschool) 3-5 (Preschool) 5-6 (Kindergarten) 5-6 (Kindergarten) 6-8 (Early Elementary) 6-8 (Early Elementary) Ecology Featured Literacy Science Smart Summer Challenge Smell Spring Summer Taste
F is for Flowers
Earlier in the spring, we learned about rain and the water cycle and about the plant life cycle. Then, once our flowers bloomed, we explored