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Boing Boing

That picture right there is of my four-year-old, Sam. As adorable as he is, I'm posting it to draw your attention to our kitchen chalkboard behind him. Among other things, it serves as a place to reco...

New! Vintage Butterfly Bedding

Although we've never actually said out loud that we'd like to sleep underneath giant butterflies, we think it goes without saying that doing so would be totally cool. Sure to give you sweet dreams...

How To: Make Your Own Spider Web

This idea we spotted at This Vintage Chica has shot to the top of our must-do list. Inspired by the plentiful spiderwebs around her home at this time of year, Eren and her children made simple nail bo...

Etsy Find: Arctic Playscape

One of our favorite elements of the Waldorf learning approach is the nature table: a special hands-on place for children to visualize and display the changing seasons. This Arctic playscape -- complet...

Finnian's Montessori Room

click thumbnails for larger pics When Meg sent us a link to photos of the room she has prepared for her (arriving very soon!) son Finnian, we were a bit awestruck. It is beautiful and creative by a...

Lina Solovic On Etsy: Giving A Hoot About Collage

click thumbnails for larger pics Everyone has done a collage at some point in time. It seems they were always the fall back assignment in school for either an art class or group project during the y...

Look! Thimble Gardens

Okay, so these aren't exactly kid-centric, but what child doesn't love miniatures? These gorgeous little thimble pots we spied at the blog Resurrection Fern would fascinate any nature-loving young one...

How To: Make Fall Bunting

Where we live, the leaves don't really do the glorious autumnal thing (unless you consider brown to be glorious), which makes us a little wistful every year. But this fall bunting, as made by Maya at ...

Free Celebrate Urban Birds Kits

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is celebrating urban birds and so can your family. They'll send you a free kit in exchange for ten minutes of observing birds and submitting your results. What a gre...

I Love Dirt by Jennifer Ward

It seems almost sad that we might need a book to give us ideas on how to engage our children with nature, but we welcome I Love Dirt nonetheless. ...