On Earth
With the winter solstice coming up next week we have been preparing for winter, celebrating the sun and learning about what causes the changes of the seasons. The story of…
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December 13, 2018
Children in Nature November
The last crickets have stopped chirping. There is a startling, almost unsettling, shift and rapid change which happens in November in New England that always takes me by surprise. Whereas…
December 10, 2018
Giving Thanks
This week's story, Giving Thanks, written by Jonathan London and paintings by Gregory Manchess,follows a father and son through a day outdoors and focuses on the father's practice of giving…
November 14, 2018
Crinkleroot’s Guide to Knowing the Trees
Jim Arnosky is a master naturalist who has devoted his life to sharing his knowledge, joy, delight and fierce protectiveness of the natural world with children. His entire oeuvre is…
October 24, 2018
When the Root Children Wake Up
This week I read a retelling of the German story Etwas von den Wurtzelkindern translated as When the Root Children. Be sure to seek out the original for some amazing…
March 20, 2018