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Summer is here and children will be spending more time outside. MUDDY FACES is an organization located in the UK that is passionate about the outdoors and strives to ensure you and your children have an inspiring and positive experience outdoors . Here is an article from their website about den building with children! THE JOY & LEARNING OF DENS The materials available outdoors, such as soil and leaves, sticks and stones, are ideal for children to manipulate and experiment with. There are...

Lucy Escobar, of COACHING AND CONSULTING LLC was one of the vendors at our Spring Conference. She is a leadership Coach, Business Consultant and Master Trainer. We are sharing the article she wrote about the results of a survey she did at the conference and how it applies to the work that needs to be done. Last week, I had the opportunity to attend the PROVIDER RESOURCE ORGANIZATION (PRO) Conference in Oregon, a grassroots organization that began in 1985 by family child care providers...

This article is from Children's Environmental Health World Water Day is coming up this Sunday, March 22! Every kid deserves access to clean, safe, drinking water. And yet, it remains out of reach for too many US children, the communities in which they live, and the schools they attend every day.Children are especially vulnerable to hazards in drinking water. Compared to adults, they drink more water per pound of body weigh. Plus, their bodies, immune systems, and brains are still developing,...