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Published 5 years ago: June 26, 2020

At-Home Activity: Cordage

By Wild Earth, Staff & Board of Directors

According to recent research, early humans were creating cordage at least 40,000 years ago, using it to make baskets, bags, nets and so much more. Today, the significance and many purposes of cordage have hardly changed. We still need rope and cord for so many essential tasks. Continue reading →

Published 5 years ago: June 19, 2020

At-Home Activity – Drop Stick

By Alisha Mai McNamara, Programs Director

Drop stick works well as a group activity under a wide variety of circumstances, yet it really shines as a pick-up activity in those in-between spaces. Continue reading →

Published 5 years ago: June 12, 2020

At-Home Activity: Keeper of the Keys

By Wild Earth, Staff & Board of Directors

Keeper of the Keys reinforces trust, raises self-esteem, increases listening skills, and encourages positive communication. Not to mention, it’s just downright fun! Continue reading →

Published 5 years ago: May 29, 2020

At-Home Activity: Garlic Mustard Pesto

By Alisha Mai McNamara, Programs Director

As an educator, I’ve seen firsthand that edible weeds hold such potential to unlock in children a passion for both nature and cooking. An adaptable recipe like garlic mustard pesto is ripe to become a family or classroom tradition, creating scaffolding for a lifetime of learning. Continue reading →

Published 5 years ago: May 22, 2020

At-Home Activity: Star Stick

By Jessie Lotrecchiano,

Seemingly no matter the scene, whether we’re sitting on a pine forest floor in the summer heat or gathered around a picnic table afterschool, weaving activities with children unfold in a familiar way.  Continue reading →

Published 5 years ago: May 15, 2020

At-Home Activity: Shapeshifter

By Alisha Mai McNamara, Programs Director

Playing shapeshifter feels a little like planning a practical joke where we’re all in on the joke! Continue reading →

Published 5 years ago: May 8, 2020

At-Home Activity: Bat and Moth

By Alisha Mai McNamara, Programs Director

In this blindfolded awareness game we tap into our bat-senses! Kids love to try and sneak around the blindfolded “bat” often suppressing giggles as they dive and crawl just out of reach. Continue reading →

Published 5 years ago: May 1, 2020

At-Home Activity: Shadow Drawing

By Alisha Mai McNamara, Programs Director

Children are naturally drawn to shadows and often amused by a simple question, “Can your shadow do this…?”  Continue reading →

Published 5 years ago: April 24, 2020

At-Home Activity: Gratitude

By Alisha Mai McNamara, Programs Director

Gratitude can be anything from the counting of small blessings, to a full remembering and naming of all the forms of life that connect us. At Wild Earth, we encourage children to share gratitude from their hearts, for whatever feels authentic to them. Continue reading →

Published 5 years ago: April 17, 2020

At-Home Activity: Practicing Sit Spot

By Alisha Mai McNamara, Programs Director

For as long as I can remember and before I had a name for it, some version of sit spot was a part of my life.  At times I lived in cities where my sit spot was at my doorstep, watching grackles nest in my buildings’ gutters.  I once lived on a farm with a pond, where I’d see beavers swim in circles and smack their tails on the water each morning. Continue reading →

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