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5 Ways To Help Your Child Connect With Nature Today

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As a mom of two boys and the Education Director for a nonprofit land trust, I am always looking for ways to cultivate a connection between kids and the natural world around them. We live in a world where access to information (hello, Pinterest!) is at our fingertips and “go big or go home” is often the mantra for everything from school projects to birthday parties. As parents, we know that being out in nature is healthy and should be a part of our children’s’ lives but we are often too busy or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Enjoying Nature Tagged With: Added Benefit, Animals And Plants, Birthday Parties, Dirty Work, Education Director, Forage, Fruits Of Your Labor, Good Soil, Great News, Knowledge Is Power, Native Habitat, Nature 2, Nonprofit Land Trust, Open Spaces, Own Backyard, Planting A Garden, Plants Seeds, School Projects, Soil Plants, Two Boys, Wild Turkey

Creative Cardboard Toys

By Tiffany 6 Comments

On the heels of my post on ethical toys and I wanted to post about cardboard toys. They are certainly not new... I remember I had a full size cardboard house that I used to play in when I was a little girl. It was very big, and it was black and white so that you could paint or color it yourself to personalize it. After many months of use, when it was starting to tear and generally look raggedy, we tossed it. Every year at Christmas time we would get another one from Sees Candy. Cardboard toys … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Natural Product Reviews, Natural Toys Tagged With: Backyard Compost Pile, Cardboard Boxes, Cardboard Toys, Castles, Christmas Time, Color Choices, Color Photo, Couple Weeks, Creative Toys, Fortresses, Heck, Imo, Little Girl, Own Backyard, Own Creations, Pirate, Sees Candy, Toyshop, Tree House, Tree Houses

My Backyard Wildlife Habitat

By Tiffany 15 Comments

I came across a great post over at Unplug Your Kids, an awesome blog that shares the stories and experiences of a TV free family. The post about creating a certified wildlife habitat in your own backyard caught my eye. I had no idea such a thing was possible but you can have your backyard certified by the National Wildlife Foundation as a wildlife habitat. You need to have basic habitat elements...food, water, cover, and a place to raise young. Food might include native plants that provide … [Read more...]

Filed Under: A Green Home, Children, Environment, The Homestead Tagged With: Backyard Habitat, Backyard Wildlife Habitat, Bath Pond, Burrows, Chemical Fertilizers, Chemical Pesticides, Dense Bushes, Fertilizers, Great Time, Habitat Elements, Local Press, National Wildlife Federation, National Wildlife Foundation, Native Plants, Nectar, Nifty Certificate, Own Backyard, Piles, Stone Walls, Weather Proof, Wooded Areas

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Meet Tiffany

My name is Tiffany and I am the blogger behind Naturemoms. I live on an urban homestead in Ohio with my husband, three children, and assorted furry friends. When I am not blogging I am usually thrift store shopping, gardening, wildcrafting and food foraging, or otherwise enjoying nature. Enjoy! Read More…

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