Celebrate your child's love of learning
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Green Peace
How Wondertime readers are saving the planet, one egg-carton-fairy-princess-boat at a time
My daughter's teachers encourage the children to bring in "beautiful stuff" (toilet paper rolls, jar lids, etc.) and use it in collages.
We've made an effort to show our kids the wonders they're protecting — deer tracks, pheasant eggs, bluebird feathers, beaver-chewed trees, leopard frogs — by picking up litter and recycling.
Cloth cocktail napkins are perfect for our 21-month-old, who also knows to wipe up sippy-cup spills with rags, not paper towels (those are only for cat puke).
With a few nail holes and a flashlight, the ends of frozen juice containers can form star constellations; egg carton cups are just the right size for a fairy princess boat.
We have a "new one in, old one out" rule. Our two older daughters have enjoyed donating their "outs"to charity or having people pick up their things through Freecycle .
Our 3-year-old knows that emptied envelopes and "junk" mail often have tons of blank space just waiting for her scribbles.
This past summer, rather than dumping the kiddie pool every night, I gave my boys watering cans to fill up in the pool and then use to water my plants.
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