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Amy Carmichael’s Prayer for Children {Printable}

This site contains affiliate links that benefit my family if you purchase through them. Read my full disclosure here.This site contains affiliate links that benefit my family if you purchase through them. Read my full disclosure here.We cannot overemphasize the importance of prayer in our children’s lives. One of my favorite methods of prayer is praying scripture over my children. …
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Pond Nature Study Ideas

A Nature Study for Early Spring Early spring is a great time to visit a pond and observe the new life that is awakening. You may hear the mating call of frogs and find their egg masses. You may see the first salamanders waking up from their winter hibernation. Or if you gaze into the pond, you may spy caddisfly…
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Gardens are for Growing Book Review

Gardens are for Growing by Chelsea Tornetto is a sweet gardening book about a young girl and her dad. As we watch them garden together, the daughter grows from toddler to an adult with a child of her own. Both gardening and family relationships are dear to my heart so I’m excited to see both featured in this lovely book….
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Printable Seed Paper Cards

We made some seed paper recently and I made some new cards to showcase the hearts. We used Candy Cane Mix zinnia seeds so I painted some watercolor zinnias for the front of the cards. You can buy the Candy Cane Mix zinnia seeds from Baker Creek Seeds for a few dollars (with free shipping), or you can pick them…
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10+ Spring Nature Study Ideas & Preschool Giveaway!

Speaking of our education, John Muir Laws said in a recent podcast, “We started off as question marks, by the time we are done with our formal schooling, most of us end up as periods.” Let’s do all we can to keep our children “question marks” about the world they live in. The outdoors is the perfect environment for nurturing…
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Maple Syrup Snow Candy

If you have fresh snow and real maple syrup, making maple syrup snow candy is a fun way to enjoy both. We’ve made our own maple syrup for years and enjoy the time we get to spend outdoors making something from nature. Making snow candy is something special to add to the maple syrup season. Maple syrup candy is usually…
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