Summer Kids Activities for World Exploration! Between summer camps, staycation getaways and spontaneous beach excursions, there’s plenty to do around town on summer vacation. In fact so much so, it can make the great big world seem far away. But it’s easy to infuse global exploration into local adventuring if you know what to look …
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CONNECT WITH THE WORLD AND THE RESULTS MAY ASTOUND YOU This month I made a very surprising connection. Someone I met for a moment more than 20 years ago asked me for a favor. It’s the kind of connection that makes you see your place in the world a little more clearly. After the Nepal …
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World Village Playsets help kids learn about world countries and cultures through creative play. There are no rules, but there are many ways to play. Let’s get this global party started! First, open the World Village Playset China with your child and discover all of the colorful pieces in the playset. Spread the soft fabric playmat out …
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If you can’t travel to Rio, you can still do plenty of Brazil activities for kids right from home. Brazil has all the things kids love: a fun-loving outlook, bright and beautiful colors, fascinating rainforest animals and delicious food, plus much, much more. Who knows which activities might spark an interest in Portuguese, the rainforest, ecology, …
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Travel toys! This is a guest post I wrote for Ann Belle over at Kids Travel Books: Today I have a special guest post from Laura Barta of Whole Wide World Toys. Before I turn this over to her, I just want to take a moment to say how much I love what Laura is …
To counteract my frustration with the current political landscape, I’m developing a little video called “Good World” to buoy myself up about the possibilities for a better world if we work together. But, I can’t find inspiring stock photography that show the world I want to live in. Again, discouraged. Stock photos are weighted toward white people. I’m …
Pretzels and Pennsylvania Pennsylvanians eat 12 times more pretzels than the rest of the country. This fun fact comes to you from an interview with Andrea Slonecker, author of Pretzel Making at Home, on the podcast The Splendid Table. Although travel and technology make it easier to learn about fascinating cultural differences around the world, there …
This list is gold. It’s taken me years to get here. I not only fill my kids’ stockings, but I also fill an advent calendar for each day of December. I have a braided yarn with 25 children’s mittens hanging from it for each child. Every day there’s a teeny, tiny little gift in one …
Toys are expensive and can take over your house. Here are some tips to help you breathe new life into old toys so that you don’t need to buy new ones. Take toys to a different location. Outside. Bathtub. Under the dining room table. In a wagon. In a tent. Arrange some toys as a …
I had a booth at a local art fair called Art on Chocolate in Hershey, Pennsylvania. It’s the first time I’ve personally sold World Village Playsets to the general public since it’s arrival a couple of weeks ago. 1. Kids can spot a good toy from a mile away. We were about three booths from …
