We joined Greg Fenty of the Saskatoon Young Naturalists to learn about Bluebirds and Tree Swallows along the Mary Houston Bluebird Trail.

The days are lengthening and the songbirds are waking too early. We see them building their nests and found a tiny American Robin’s egg - nesting season is here. Learn about the Mary Houston Bluebird Trail and how your children can participate with the Young Naturalists.

Sometimes we need help remembering or imaging the words to describe the sublime.

First we ordered seeds, then we made a video about pollinators, then we added guided drawings, and finally we want to make a collaborative map! The Pollinator Pathway Project is ready to share and I hope that you are interested in participating.

Today is World Water Day and while Canada has an abundance of lakes and rivers not all our citizens have access to clean water. Even children’s nature art can be political when we communicate to bring people closer together.

St. Patrick’s Day is my annual reminder to take stock of my heritage and how the groups and philosophies we follow can bring us closer together.

We watercoloured an Easter countdown calendar as we walk hopefully towards spring. We practiced combining colours, creating flowers and chicks using simple shapes and wax resist Easter eggs.

To plant a garden is to have hope. Planting spring bulbs is a fun way to engage your children in planning for spring and bring some green shoots inside.

Snow Kitchens for Northern Mamas. Don’t put away your mud kitchen - transform it into a snow kitchen for winter play.

Let’s explore moon phases using simple household objects and how we can incorporate night sky learning into our family’s rhythm.

Valentine’s Bird Seed Ornaments for families to make, the Great Backyard Bird Count is days away. Every child can be a citizen scientist.

Ice Candles to celebrate the return of sunlight in the darkness of winter.

On this theme of copper and verdigris and capturing the moment I asked Maygen Kardash of Sneakers and Lipstick to try an arty experiment with her children, using old copper pennies, salt and vinegar to clean the pennies to a sparkle and then to create verdigris.