Raising Kids Who Love Their Planet

A portrait of the sky, taken by six-year-old Emma

A portrait of the sky, taken by six-year-old Emma

How do you teach your kids to love this world Read more…

Learning Laboratory: Sheep Herding and Shearing

border collies herding sheep with David Kennard of Wellscroft Farm

Besides an awesome wool-dying experienceRead more…

Learning Laboratory: Overcoming Bug Phobias

Looking for ants

My kids are slowly, but surely, overcoming their bug phobias! Here are a few things that have helped:

Letting them wear protective gear – like my gardening gloves on Emma, above. Encouraging Read more…

Exploring Geography: Washington State Salmon!

Today’s post about Washington State Salmon comes from Marnie! Marnie is a wife, mom, daughter, twin, little sister, career woman, runner and writer for Carrots are Orange. She hails from Maine, a wonderfully down to earth place to grow up. Marnie moved to the west coast in 1999, and currently lives in Seattle. // Here are three posts I love from Marnie’s Read more…

Spouting Whale Craft

spouting whale craft

Emma has become quite the crafting machine recently, perusing books for ideas as well as coming up with her own. She got the idea for this spouting whale from The Usborne Big Read more…


Celebrating everyday parenting through creativity, learning, and play. Reach MaryAnne by email at mamasmilesblog at gmail dot com.

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