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• Books for an Autumn Evening to Spark Understanding and Creativity

  

  What can be better than to cuddle up in the sofa and listen to a story while the autumn leaves are dancing on the streets? Madeline Finn and the Library Dog by... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2017 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Picture Books That Will Empower

  

  Traditionally, children's books used to reinforce messages that children are powerless and unimportant. Books for children were written with the aim of... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2017 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• The Twelve Months of Endangered Animals Songs- Cool & Hot Zebra Socks

  

  On the eighth day of August we saved eight elegant zebras. Black and white stripes. The skin helps to keep the zebra cool. So the answer to a lot of problems... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2017 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• The Twelve Months of Endangered Animals – Hedgehogs

  

  "What is the purpose of a Hedgehog?" This question popped up in a discussion about endangered animals and particularly endangered hedgehogs. Images of cute... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2017 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Imagine a City! A Smart City!

  

  People flying with their umbrellas as the wind blows. Paintings that escape from their frames. Buses are fish and fish fly in the sky! Imagine a City by Elise... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2017 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Wonder Question Jigsaw

  

  "Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart." Winnie the Pooh Question Asking Let the students start the new school term by asking... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2017 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Endangered Frogs and Lily Pads

  

  What would you think if there were no frogs to kiss? In stories, frogs are often portrayed as ugly and slimy. When frogs are not hopping off lily pads, or... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2017 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Smart Feathers – Biomimicry for Young Children

  

  Owls have beautiful as well as smart feathers! Why not make a project and study feathers? The beauty of bird feathers provides inspiration for art activities.... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2017 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Biomimicry for Young Children – Magic DinoPills

  

  What if you were a dentist? Can you invent something inspired by dinosaurs? Magnificent plant-eating dinosaurs provided inspiration for the idea of Magic... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2017 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Elephants, Where Are They? Draw a Map of Endangered Animals

  

  Every elephant counts! On the Fifth of May, we saved Five Trumpeting Elephants But where are they? The magnificent elephants migrate and cross borders. Elephant... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2017 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Be a Rabbit Detective – Life Cycle, Biomimicry, Inspiration for Ideas

  

  Clipart Le Petite Market In a local park not far from our house there are lots of rabbits running around. Watching the bouncy rabbits is always an exciting... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2017 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Biomimicry Postal Stamps to Celebrate Nature

  

  Postal stamps to celebrate nature! Stamps are awesome. And if you are wondering how big is the gap between teeth on the jagged edge you find the answer in the... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2017 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Vulnerable Giant Pandas

  

  Photo R. Davis, Clipart Educlips Any ideas to celebrate the news that the status of giant pandas has been changed? We made a collage using photos of endangered... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2017 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Inspired by Vulnerable Giant Pandas

  

  Photo By Sheilalau at English Wikipedia - Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2266960 On... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2017 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Playing a Red Pepper

  What can you do with a ripe pepper apart from eating it? Well, you can always make a wonderful harmonica. Player's Pflute is a creative musician kit. A... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2017 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• How to Raise a Child That Cares About Nature

  

  Photo Phillip Put It is in the news every day, from climate change to disappearing species, and we need to do something to reverse these trends. But how do we... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2017 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Biomimicry for Young Children – Inspired by Endangered Orangutangs

  

  Our think dive this month is inspired by not only orangutans but also dreams about Easter bunnies and chocolate. After we have learnt that the production of pal... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2017 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Cool Questions and Hot Answers – Climate Change

  

  Climate change! A debated and difficult problem. Is it important to talk about this situation with children? I think so. As the earth gets warmer and warmer... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2017 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Inspired by Endangered Sloths – Sloth Meditation

  

  Adopt a Three-Toed Sloth Imagine that you can be the sloth. What does it mean to find your inner sloth? Sloths are asleep a good portion of the... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2017 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Biomimicry for Young Children Inspired by the Endagered Sloths

  

  On the Second Day of February, We Saved Two Sleepy Sloths Would it not be great to stretch time? How can we celebrate slowfulness? William Beebe was a sloth... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2017 FAMILY, SCHOOLING