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Alfred Onyango commented on Alfred Onyango's blog post Kisumu multipurpose center commitments"Please Help us Raise Money for the Education program of Happy child school.
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Alfred Onyango commented on Alfred Onyango's blog post Kisumu multipurpose center commitments""I'd rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate." -- George F. Burns. "You will never feel better about yourself by making others look worse." Anybody interested in helping children at kisumu…"
Ann Courcy's blog post was featuredBirds All Year Round
"Ann, I saw a tufted titmouse at my feeder this morning.""I saw a red-bellied woodpecker at my suet feeder.""I saw a red-tailed hawk in a tree.""Me too."This is how I am greeted at school each morning. Melissa and I are teaching the Explorers about birds and, wow, are they learning. In late October, we put a bird feeder in a classroom window. Tufted titmice, nuthatches, and chickadees began to…See More
Suz Lipman commented on Alfred Onyango's blog post Kisumu multipurpose center commitments"Thank you for sharing this with us, Alfred. How are things going at Kisumu?"
Tara de Queiroz's blog post was featuredGetting started in the garden
Before becoming a mother, I spent summers studying montane wildflowers, coastal butterflies, alpine seedlings, and badland plants. I lived in various cabins in meadow and forest, an historic mining shack, and a tiny beach cabin. I worked in factories and restaurants and offices, too, but always lived in smaller towns where I could walk to a natural area from my house. And, the first home that my husband and I owned was way out in the sagebrush in eastern Nevada. Now we live in the middle of the…See More
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The Great, Spring Bird Migration: Celebrate it With Kids!
Posted by Diana Fedora Tucci on May 24, 2013 at 2:57am
Forest Kindergarten program is Pre-K Science!
In America, we place such a huge value on measurable learning that we forget some times that children are learning every time they seem to be "just playing". There are wonderful ways to support the naturally scientific and inquisitive mind of a preschooler as is demonstrated in an excerpt from the Cedarsong Forest Kindergarten monthly newsletter:
"As the weather warms up, we have gotten out the paintbrushes several times to use with our black charcoal “paint”. The children…
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The Great, Spring Bird Migration: Celebrate it With Kids!
Posted by Diana Fedora Tucci on May 22, 2013 at 2:26am
FedEx Launches Grow a Greener School Grant Contest
On May 13, FedEx launched the Grow a Greener School Contest on…
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