Comments on: Green Kids Activities

By: Alison Kerr

Alison Kerr — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:13:00 +0000

Quite right baby harness, we can learn a lot from playing with and observing pets.

By: baby harness

baby harness — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:07:00 +0000

This sounds fun! Playing with pets is also a favorite activity of kids!

By: Alison Kerr

Alison Kerr — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:33:00 +0000

Rebekah – I love your idea of gathering items from nature and your travels and incorporating them into your art. Place is so important and the little things really do count.

Laura – I am wowed by your story of the girl who drew dirt. Kids are amazing when we give them to space to explore in their own way! Thanks for sharing that one.

By: Laura G

Laura G — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:08:00 +0000

All of the above! As a preschool teacher, my favorite things to do with the kids were taking care of the chickens, watering plants in the garden, and going for nature walks. One time we visited a beautiful community garden and I asked each child to explore and find one thing that was their favorite in the garden & then draw a picture of it. The kids took this very seriously! My favorite was one child who chose "dirt". It was awesome. She spent a long time drawing her favorite patch of dirt

By: Rebekah Smith

Rebekah Smith — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:40:00 +0000

i started pressing flowers when my now sixteen year old daughter was just a babe…as she grew and continued to follow me around in the garden and the woods, we would examine the really kool leaf with a fabulous pattern of bug bites, pick up the stray pinecone, etc. and take them home as memories:-)…

as my art began to evolve, some of these beautiful pieces of nature found their way into the artwork!:-)…i’m working on a landscape now that contains a piece of a lilypad gathered from the great mississippi river!:-)…leaves from a journey to new england!:-)…and bits and pieces from our own backyard:-)…i think that’s part of the reason that i love what i do so much!:-)…a little bit of our life’s history is in each picture:-)

By: Alison Kerr

Alison Kerr — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:28:00 +0000

I love how you are following your daughter’s lead Wendy. Too often parents think it’s their job to come up with a project to excite their kids when, given the right space, kids are perfectly capable of being the instigators. Now I’m wondering about the excuses you use and the amazing things you discover!

By: wendy young

wendy young — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:45:00 +0000

The activity I like to do most with my 6 year old daughter is to just go outside on some excuse and watch what she does. It never fails. If we go out with no agenda we always find something amazing to look at or do.