Children in April 2019

Welcome to April! What a wonderful time of the year. What can we be doing with children outside? How can we help them reconnect with nature, with the earth? As…

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Loving the Earth

The story of the week is Love the Earth by Julian Lennon and  illustrated by Smiljana Coh. I love the lush illustrations, the straightforward, gentle insistent text, the overall message of taking…

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Shel Silverstein Poems

For this week, in celebration of National Poetry Month, I read three Shel Silverstein poems, and share "Praise Song for the Day" by Elizabeth Alexander and "Remember" by Joy Harjo.…

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The Tree of Life

The story of the week  is the folktale The Tree of Life, a Tu B’Shevat Tale from Israel ( Tu B’Shevat means the Jewish New Year for Trees, when trees…

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