Tadpoles
Our children loved going to the pond and finding tadpoles. We’d search for discarded paper cups and scoop up a few to take home. Usually they lived long enough for us to watch the legs begin to emerge. I didn’t … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Enjoying Nature
Outside ABCs by Janice D. Green, ill by Jonathan Huff
I am outside myself with excitement! Outside ABCs is scheduled to release on April 21, 2026, one day before Earth Day. Grandson and illustrator, Jonathan Huff and I are holding our breaths as we await our first shipment of books. … Continue reading →
Nurturing a Child in Winter
Brr… winter’s cold can keep us inside more and cause chapped lips and even frostbite. I’m Karen Whiting and I recall at grandma’s house with her big Newfoundland Dog my older brother and I took breaks inside that doghouse with … Continue reading →
Granite
Have you ever been called the “runt of the litter”? Were you smaller than your siblings, or were you the last one to be picked when playing games? Have others made you feel like you just weren’t good enough?
Continue reading →The Trees
This time of year, we become almost obsessed with evergreen trees. But why? They’re all around us all the time.
Continue reading →Adding Fun to the Learning
That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children: That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep … Continue reading →