Nov 302009
Follow along with LMF contributor Beth and her family as they celebrate the holidays in southwest Michigan.
This year is the fifth annual “Vikings family advent calendar” experience. Since Christmas 2005 when my now-kindergartner was 21 months old, we’ve tried to make the 25 days coming up to Christmas day special. I blogged about our experiences [...]
Sep 112009
Have you heard of Nature-Deficit Disorder? It’s a phrase coined by writer Richard Louv, author of Last Child In The Woods (a book I highly recommend to anyone who lives or works with children) to refer to the lack of natural experiences most kids have these days. While we adults may have spent our childhoods [...]