Tips for Outdoor Loose Parts?

[LittleScholars]

I'm finally collecting natural loose parts (thin logs, etc.). My husband thinks I'm insane. He thinks they are all going to rot and quickly be a mess....

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I currently have 2 infants in my care. They are a hand full and have taught me that I no longer want to take infants....

[Heidi]

In incorporating aspects of any of this into their programs?

-Reggio Emilia
-Natural elements
-Nature hikes, outdoor programs,...

[Evansmom]

So every year these trees that line one side of our yard gets little red berries on them and almost every year a huge flock of birds finds them and gobbles...

[Lilbutterflie]

We found our very first mole in the backyard a couple months ago; and since then they have been tearing up our backyard- which we just spent $600 on new...

[pootmcgoot]

I loved the posts about you ladies revising your toys and going to a more natural, open ended sort of play. I love parts of the waldorf method and have...

[snbauser]

These http://www.lakeshorelearning.com/seo...02176564~~.jsp

I have had them for about 7 or 8 years now. ...

[AnneCordelia]

I'm hatching chicks again this year! There are 8 hatched in the incubator now, with 13 more pipped (first crack in shell). There are 33 eggs total...so...

[Country Kids]

I know several of you here spend tons and tons of time outside. We could have maybe ventured outside today but I think once we stepped on the lawn someone...

[abigailrw5]

I'm probably the only one. I have a quaker parrot. He talks, sings and laughs. He's also really loud during nap time so I have to cover his cage up...

[SilverSabre25]

http://reindeercam.com/

Neato! Check out this reindeer cam! Fun to watch...might help pass some of the time between now and Christmas ...

[misspollywog]

We LOVE it and check in several times a day: http://www.africam.com/wildlife/index.php

The dck's get so excited when something pops up....

[kidkair]

The baby robins hatched on Sunday! I've loaded some short videos and pictures up on my facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kid-Kair...

[nannyde]

http://www.weather.com/outlook/video...nt-20853#20853

What?????????? No Duckcam?

Come...

[kidkair]

I have a robin nesting on my house and was able to set up a web camera right over the nest. I thought I might have worried the robin too much since she...