Welcome to the third installment in a series of posts called “Where to Go in Yosemite With Kids,” especially young kids like mine (5 ½ and 2 years). There’s more to say than I’ve included here, so if you have any specific questions, please feel free to email me at tdj2004 [at] gmail [dot] com. There aren’t too many places where you can visit a Nature Center nestled along a … [Read more...]
Fun Friday: Build a Fairy House
Fun Friday activities are quick-and-simple ways to explore nature in your own backyard. THE IDEA: Build a fairy house This certainly isn’t a new idea. In fact, my nature-loving friend, Marghanita, just shared some of the most magical fairy houses for her little humbug friends. I couldn’t believe how beautiful they were! And earlier this summer, Kari of activekidsclub.com … [Read more...]
Our First Family Nature Club Adventure
I can get caught up in the details sometimes – to a fault. Take for example, this blog. I’d had the idea for it (or something like it) for some three years before I finally took the plunge and starting writing. I obsessed so much over the details that it took me a while to finally get started.And so it was with the idea of starting a family nature club (also known as a … [Read more...]
Where to Go in Yosemite With Kids: Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias
Welcome to the second installment in a series of posts called “Where to Go in Yosemite With Kids,” especially young kids like mine (5 ½ and 2 years). If you have any specific questions, please feel free to email me at tdj2004 [at] gmail [dot] com. If I had to pick the single thing I love most about Yosemite, it would be the trees. I am awestruck by their size, strength, … [Read more...]
Fun Friday: Backyard Beach
Fun Friday activities are quick-and-simple ways to explore nature in your own backyard. THE IDEA: Create a backyard beach nature play areaDuring the remodel of my step-mom’s secret garden, she found a family treasure – this bin that dates back to my great-grandfather’s family farm, which operated back in the '20s. It’s a family heirloom to say the least, but one I felt deserved … [Read more...]