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Thursday, May 01, 2008

Teach Your Kids About Nature the Fun Way


Want to teach your kids to appreciate nature? Growing their own garden is a great way and you can do this one even if you reside in a little apartment in the middle of the concrete jungle.

Gardening is easy and most children take to it like ducks to water. What's not to like? There's dirt, learning and fun to be had!

The Indoor Gardening Set by Green Toys is a great way to let your kids learn the value of patience. This indoor gardening kit is not only fun and educational but also very environmentally friendly as it is made in the United States by recycling plastic milk containers. This is a safe plastic that you can feel good about using.

The set includes a planter tray to hold your pots that is shaped like a peapod, 3 planting pots, 1 hand trowel, enough soil for your project, 3 packages of organic seeds and very easy to follow instructions for setting up your indoor garden. Even if your own thumb is brown, you'll learn right along with your kids about the right wayt to water, let the light hit your plants and watch them grow!

After you get your feet wet with this project, try planting green beans and let your kids pick them, wash them and "snap" them - you'd be amazed at how much your kids will finally enjoy their vegetables.

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Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Worried About Plastic Toy Safety?


Again and again in the news you keep reading about the ingredients in some plastic children's toys that contain lead and other hazards, one way to be sure that the toys you give your kids to play with are to do a little research yourself before you buy for either your own children or as a gift.

Green Toys is a company that has made their name selling environmentally friendly and safe-for-kids toys by using safe, recycled materials. A great example that will provide hours upon hours of fun play is their simple Sand Toys.

It consists of a bucket, a sand mold, a rake and a shovel. Getting your kids outdoors when the weather is nice is paramount and a sandbox is a great way to do it. Even better, if you live locally to a body of water, take a day trip to your lakeside or oceanside beach for the day and let your kids play the day away safely.

The Sand Toys set is made from recycled milk containers as the major ingredient and this set is made in the USA. Additionally, the set comes packed in an earth friendly container of corrugated boxes and there are no plastics, cellophane or even those annoying (and not very earth friendly) twistie-ties.

Take note of how "green" the toys your kids play with and if you don't already have some of the more simple, yet very green toys that instigate fun pretend play, indulge and get your kids into the fun of simple sand toys!

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