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National Geographic and PBS make going green for kids a little easier!

As an early childhood educator, teaching my own children is at the top of my list. My son loves television and I know what a great debate this is amongst educators, parents and professionals. I take middle of the road approach and like all things, moderation is the key. He’s active, has a great imagination, [...]

Green Gardening and Cow Manure

Have you heard of CowPots? I had no idea what a CowPot was but when I thought of the two words put together, I took a guess…where a cow takes a poop? Funny enough, that’s exactly it…a biodegradable, environmentally friendly way to garden with cow manure!. Farmers have cow manure and need to do something [...]

Imagination + Box = Eco-Friendly Toy

When I think back to my childhood, I don’t have memories of toys or possessions. I remember playing outside until it was dark and making the bath water black because I was so dirty. A rock could be play money for playing store or twelve of them were a dozen eggs. A leaf suddenly became [...]

Lead Test Kit

Last night we attended a super bowl party and for me it was just to socialize and get the kids out of the house. No offense but I’m not a football fan but the food and conversation is always nice. My daughter was having a blast playing with this Elmo guitar. She loved it because [...]

Moo! Organic milk to buy or not?

Is it worth paying extra money for organic milk? I buy everything and anything I can that is organic. My thinking is that I might as well give my children food that does not have pesticides, hormones or synthetic chemicals in them. I can’t shield them from everything so I might as well make choices [...]

Kids Vitamins

I was reading some article (I read so many I should keep better track) about how we return our kids toys because of safety recalls and lead paint but then we make our children take vitamins with synethic chemicals, artificial colors and chemical sweeteners. Yes, most over the counter kids vitamins have this stuff in [...]