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Easy Bubble Recipe that Works
Here’s the bubble recipe that I recommend for use with my wands:
Building life long habits
How do you instill lifelong habits in kids? I believe this happens when they have a great time doing an activity and they gain confidence with the task. That was
Bike Camp Retrospective
I just finished a week of bike camp. There were 9 kids who participated in a week long camp designed to introduce and excite kids about the wonderful world of
Camp Randall Joy
How do you spell joy? Let 50 kids run out of the tunnel on to the field at Camp Randall Stadium on a beautiful April 70 degree day. Watching this
A Wonderful 20 Minutes
Wonderful things can happen in short amounts of time. On Tuesday, I had about 20 minutes to explore the rain garden next to our community center with three second grade
Sneaking up on Chorus Frogs
My kindergartners and first graders tried to “sneak” up on Chorus frogs today. Our center has a rain garden that is now full of water and home to quite a few frogs.
The things we do for love: Flight of the Woodcock
It’s spring and romance is in the air. Literally. While people are known to hire sky writers or airplanes to profess their love, there’s a tiny bird that is the
My feet hurt! Lessons from the Front Line.
My feet hurt. I’m hungry. Are we there yet? I’m thirsty. I’m dehydrated. I’m gonna die. I’m bored. This sucks. I’m hot. So goes the litany of complaints experienced on
Kids love beaches
I firmly believe that if you take kids outside, they will find endless ways to entertain themselves. This belief was validated on Tuesday, when I took our kids to BB
It Looks like Africa
Once a month, I take a group of kids on outdoor adventures. These trips are designed to get kids outside hiking. The trips are sponsored by a group called Inner