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Earth-Keeping: Learn About Nature with your Kids
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Saturday, July 18, 2009. Learn About Nature with your Kids. Make a Nature Question Box. This is a fun and easy project to do with your kids. Find a container with a lid, such as an oatmeal box, ice cream box, Tupperware container, etc., so long as it has a lid. Cut out Nature pictures from newspapers and magazines. And paste them onto the surface of the box. You can buy decoupage. Make answering the questions a family event. Everybody gets five minutes in the spotlight to share the information they h...
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Earth-Keeping: April 2009
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Sunday, April 19, 2009. Turn Off The Screen! Now that spring is here, no excuses - time to get the kids outside! This from the "Green Hour" website. Most adults of a certain age have childhood memories of carefree days spent playing outdoors - climbing, digging, collecting, building, and exploring the natural world around them, at their own pace, in their own way. Author of Last Child in the Woods, refers to this nature-child disconnect as. Nature deficit disorder.". Staring at some kind of electronic sc...
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Earth-Keeping: It's Spring! Turn Off The Screen!
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Sunday, April 19, 2009. Turn Off The Screen! Now that spring is here, no excuses - time to get the kids outside! This from the "Green Hour" website. Most adults of a certain age have childhood memories of carefree days spent playing outdoors - climbing, digging, collecting, building, and exploring the natural world around them, at their own pace, in their own way. Author of Last Child in the Woods, refers to this nature-child disconnect as. Nature deficit disorder.". Staring at some kind of electronic sc...
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Earth-Keeping: Make a Bug Jar
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Thursday, March 26, 2009. Make a Bug Jar. My previous post gave suggestions for saving the squirrels, now my outcry is. You must think I'm a mad woman on a campaign to save the most annoying creatures on the planet. But they ALL matter, and they deserve to live out their lives, annoying or not. And they serve a greater purpose. I know there's a lot of "ick factor" when you find a bug in your house, but did you know that renownend entomologist Edward O. Wilson, in his book. The Diversity of Life. One thin...
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Earth-Keeping: March 2009
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Thursday, March 26, 2009. Make a Bug Jar. My previous post gave suggestions for saving the squirrels, now my outcry is. You must think I'm a mad woman on a campaign to save the most annoying creatures on the planet. But they ALL matter, and they deserve to live out their lives, annoying or not. And they serve a greater purpose. I know there's a lot of "ick factor" when you find a bug in your house, but did you know that renownend entomologist Edward O. Wilson, in his book. The Diversity of Life. One thin...
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Earth-Keeping: July 2009
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Saturday, July 18, 2009. Learn About Nature with your Kids. Make a Nature Question Box. This is a fun and easy project to do with your kids. Find a container with a lid, such as an oatmeal box, ice cream box, Tupperware container, etc., so long as it has a lid. Cut out Nature pictures from newspapers and magazines. And paste them onto the surface of the box. You can buy decoupage. Make answering the questions a family event. Everybody gets five minutes in the spotlight to share the information they h...
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Earth-Keeping: February 2009
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Saturday, February 28, 2009. Here's the Problem (from USA Today). Squirrels scrounge for acorns across USA. The small or non-existent acorn crops reported in many parts of the USA, though unexpected, reflect a natural cycle, they say, and pose no reason for concern — unless you are a squirrel. Read the rest of article at:. Http:/ www.usatoday.com/news/nation/environment/2009-01-15-acorns N.htm. Now, Here's Something. Everyone Can Do To Help! Build This Squirrel Feeder. All you need is:. Now drill a hole ...