Hot on the trail of my post about Young at Art I want to discuss eco friendly art supplies. So what do you think about when you consider children's art supplies? The first thing that comes to mind is probably the Crayola crayon. It is the most popular brand of crayon used by millions of children around the world. But did you know that Crayola crayons are made with paraffin wax, a petroleum by-product? Yes, ooey gooey, nasty petro products in your child's mouths and hands. The availability and … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2008
Young At Art
My weekend read was very inspiring, Young at Art by Susan Striker. Susan is the creator of the widely popular anticoloring books for kids I like so much. As an art teacher of many years and a mom herself she has some great ideas about how art should evolve in a child's life and how much of what we might be doing may actually stifle their creativity and love of art. With the exception of baby's first steps, there is no more significant milestone in your child's development than the first mark he … [Read more...]
Plan Toys Hammer Balls – Cool Toy Alert
Just as a new feature I am going to start highlighting some of the awesome new toys for natural kids that I come across. Today I want to highlight a great new toy for toddlers from Plan Toys, one of my favorite toy companies, Hammer Balls! This new toy is is basically a natural rubberwood block with slots for three balls. Kids fit the balls into the slots and hammer them until they release on the underside. A hammer comes with it. This is a great toy for improving hand-eye coordination … [Read more...]
Cool off with Homemade Popsicles
Cool off with delicious Popsicles this summer made with BPA free Popsicle molds! AND if you live in my house you get good old fashioned veggies or greens in your Popsicles too. Yum! And I fully disclose the ingredients...no sneaky chef here. My kids know they are eating spinach pops or kale pops or whatever the case may be and they are cool with it because they taste good. Seriously, as I was writing this my 7 year old son popped his head in my door and asked if he could have a spinach pop. My … [Read more...]
Natural and Green Highchairs
A reader recently asked me about natural/green highchairs and what I would recommend. This is an awesome question and one that becomes important as we learn more and more about how certain plastics are just not safe for baby. Most conventional highchairs are made of plastic so therein we have a problem. So....what natural and/or green highchairs do I recommend? I do in fact still have a child in a highchair and we opted to get a wood highchair...so that would be my first … [Read more...]
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