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
Education is our future and we are standing at the crossroads. Too many of our children, mostly our poor and our children of color, are
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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
Show us how you’re having a Smart Summer in your own backyard! This week’s prize is from one of my favorite fair-trade, eco-friendly kids’ toys
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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
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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