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Natural and Eco-friendly School Supplies

August 19, 2017 By Megan 6 Comments

Natural and Eco-friendly School Supplies

We’re still enjoying and loving summer time and the hot weather we’ve been experiencing, so it seems hard to believe we even need to start thinking about back to school supplies. It’s coming up more quickly than I can believe, though.  In just three weeks, my first-born will be starting grade 1. I have mixed feelings… [Read More]

Filed Under: Green Living, Learning Naturally Tagged With: eco school, eco school supplies, eco-friendly, eco-friendly school supplies, school supplies

Storytelling Benefits for Kids

May 10, 2016 By Megan Leave a Comment

Storytelling Benefits for Kids

“Mom, can you tell me a story tonight?” It’s the familiar question I’m asked almost on a nightly basis, and I don’t mind one bit. Storytelling has always been a big part of our life since having children. It started with our simple weekly story times at the library (which K looked forward to so much)… [Read More]

Filed Under: Learning Naturally Tagged With: benefits of storytelling, benefits of storytelling to children, importance of stories for kids

40+ Snowflake Crafts and Activities for Kids

November 6, 2015 By Megan 5 Comments

40+ Snowflake Crafts and Activities for Kids

It’s Friday, and this week we’re in LOVE with snowflakes!  Each week, one of our 9 co-hosts has been featuring the ideas we LOVE from that week’s theme. This link party features thematic link-ups with featured round-ups every Friday! You can link up at any time and contribute any type of family friendly post — recipe, activity, craft, home decor, etc…. [Read More]

Filed Under: Crafting, Learning Naturally, Play Tagged With: snowflake activities, snowflake crafts, snowflakes, snowflakes crafts & activities, winter kids activities, winter kids crafts

Fall/Autumn Books for Toddlers and Preschoolers

August 27, 2015 By Megan 3 Comments

Fall/Autumn Books for Toddlers and Preschoolers

Fall/Autumn is coming soon. As much as I love summer, and I LOVE summer, I’m looking forward to the changing leaves, pumpkin everything, and cooler temperatures that are still nice enough to enable us to be outside a lot. We’ll be rotating our book shelves soon, swapping out summer books for Autumn ones, and reading all… [Read More]

Filed Under: Learning Naturally

Get Ready for Back to School: Supplies, Snacks, Crafts and More

August 15, 2015 By Megan 2 Comments

Get Ready for Back to School: Supplies, Snacks, Crafts and More

With back to school around the corner, here are some great resources to get you started with gear, organizing and fun. Get Ready for Back to School: Supplies, Snacks, Crafts and More Interview printable from When We’re at Home – print off this free interview for each child, to keep and look back on years later 10… [Read More]

Filed Under: Crafting, Green Living, Learning Naturally

Free Painting with Toddlers – the Benefits of Painting, for Kids

August 13, 2015 By Megan 6 Comments

Free Painting with Toddlers – the Benefits of Painting, for Kids

In our house, we love art. All mediums. Whether it’s colouring, painting with acrylics or watercolours, making fun crafts or just letting loose with our art materials, we love to create masterpieces. K especially loves to paint and its the one thing that actually gets him sitting down for longer than 2 minutes. He will… [Read More]

Filed Under: Crafting, Learning Naturally, Play Tagged With: benefits of painting, free painting, kids art, painting with children, toddler painting

Teaching Children to be Energy-Efficient

April 14, 2015 By Megan 5 Comments

Teaching Children to be Energy-Efficient

With the influx of electronic devices and other items, we live in an age where, now more than ever, we need to be really vigilant when it comes to energy consumption and efficiency. We also need to make sure we’re teaching our children how to be conscious of the energy they’re using as well as ways… [Read More]

Filed Under: Green Home, Learning Naturally

How to Teach Kids to Love Nature

April 1, 2015 By Megan 16 Comments

How to Teach Kids to Love Nature

Children, by nature, love nature! Allowed to run free and explore, I don’t know any child that doesn’t automatically connect with the natural world. It’s the perfect environment in which to learn, explore, inspire creativity and just let kids be kids. And the best part is that the great outdoors is free! Although some activities,… [Read More]

Filed Under: Learning Naturally, Raising Kids

Children’s Books About Spring

March 9, 2015 By Megan 4 Comments

Children’s Books About Spring

Spring is almost here! Even though we’re still foot deep in snow, the weather on our side of the country is FINALLY starting to warm up a bit and the recent days of sunshine we’ve had have been magical, giving us a glimpse into the not-so-distant spring season approaching. I, for one, cannot wait to… [Read More]

Filed Under: Babies and Kids, Learning Naturally Tagged With: books, children's books, kids books, spring books, spring books for children, spring books for kids

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