Lemon Print Dresses & Retro Desk Phones...

These are THREE THINGS I LOVE RIGHT NOW: 

Anthropologie Mini Concha Garden Pots

Modcloth Ring True Yellow Retro Desk Phone

Banana Republic Lemon Print Dress

Foxy Flats & Cat Face Dresses...

These are THREE THINGS I LOVE RIGHT NOW:

 

Modcloth Dotty Fox Face Shoes

The Edible Garden

Cat Print Peter Som Anthropologie Cheshire Dress

DIY Little Letter Block Bead Garden Markers

I think I might need to make some of these.

DIY Dinosaur Planter Pot

Oh yes, everyone needs a dino planter.

DIY Lace Flower Pots Tutorial

Aren't these deliciously girly?

Learn to make your own flower pot pretties here.

St. Patrick's Day Kiddie Clover Straws

*Image via Martha Stewart Magazine, March 2012*

How fun (and easypeasy to make!) are these little lucky straw toppers?

Rainy Day Bows & Cozy Cacti ...

These are SIX THINGS I LOVE RIGHT NOW...












Knit Flower Scarf, Bow Umbrella, Knit Cacti, Sweetheart Floral Dress, Gnome Plant Marker, Kate Spade Franca Movie Star Sunglasses.

Terrarium Tutorial: Mossy vs. Succulent

Nature Journaling Gone Girly

Take a peek at this sweet, pretty little nature drawing journal:

Rainbow Birdies & Cozy Flower Feet

These are SEVEN THINGS I LOVE RIGHT NOW:















Birdie Pillow Cover, International I Love Yous Print, Cat Face Necklace, Floral Socks, Succulent Wreath Kit, Flower Stand Dress, Glitter Sparkle Clutch.

Succulent Dinos & Geekcrafts

These are SEVEN THINGS I LOVE RIGHT NOW:

































Strawberry Dress, Geekcrafts, T-Rex Planter, Gold Star Necklace, Cityscape Print, Cheapy-Excellent Polka Dot Sunglasses, Kate Spade Book Clutches.

Preschool Nature Book Basics: Letters, Shapes, & Colors

These are my very favorite nature books that focus on letters, shapes, and colors. Because they center around traditional, developmentally age-appropriate preschooler topics, these books make welcome additions to most kidlet libraries (even in those families & schools where nature is not considered a high priority.)














Letters:
ABC's Naturally
Discovering Nature's Alphabet
Waldorf Alphabet Book
Wildflower ABC

Shapes:
Star in my Orange (Looking for Nature's Shapes)
Looking at Nature: What Shape is it?

Colors:
What Color is Nature?
Planting a Rainbow
Growing Colors

Monday Music: When it's Dark

Love this pretty video with happy horses & trees & things...

A Forest Fairytale

LoveloveLOVE this minimovie. It feels like a bedtime story... so very lovely!

Growing is Forever from Jesse Rosten on Vimeo.

St. Patrick's Day Preschool Shamrock Songs

FIVE LITTLE SHAMROCKS Spoken Counting Song:

(Count off with fingers, or use felt pieces.)

"1 green shamrock, in the morning dew,
Another one sprouted, and then there were... 2!
2 green shamrocks, growing beneath a tree,
Another one sprouted and then there were... 3!

3 green shamrocks, by the cottage door,
Another one sprouted,
And then there were... 4!
4 green shamrocks, near a beehive
Another one sprouted,
And then there were... 5!

5 little shamrocks, bright and emerald green,
Think of all the luck these shamrocks just might bring!"

IF YOU'RE WEARING GREEN AND KNOW IT Movement Song:(Sing to the tune of "If You're Happy and You Know It.")

"If you're wearing green and know it, clap your hands,
If you're wearing green and know it, clap your hands.
If you're wearing green and know it, then your hands will surely show it. If you're wearing green and know it, clap your hands."

Repeat, inserting other movements:
"If you're wearing green and know it, spin around..."
"If you're wearing green and know it, shout "Hooray!...""
"If you're wearing green and know it, stamp your feet..."





SHAMROCK, SHAMROCK Felt Story Counting Song:
(Sing to the tune of "Twinkle Twinkle.")

"How many Shamrocks do you see?
Can you count them, one, two, three?
How many big ones?
How many small?
Maybe we can count them all!
How many Shamrocks do you see?

Everybody count with me!"

(After singing, call on a child to come up to the felt board and sort out the big felt shamrocks, then count them together as a class. Do the same for the smalls. Then count the total together.)

*Photo via Flickr*

Ring-Around-The-Rosey Giveaway

"Friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold."
~Oliver Wendell Holmes

To enter to win the goes-with-everything, adjustable, statement rose ring shown above, just leave a comment saying you'd like to, um... enter to win (simple as that!) Contest closes on 11/11/10. The winner will be chosen by random the following morning.

UPDATE: GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED

*Fashion photos: Vogue (US, Brasile, Australia, & Chinese)*

El Dorado Nature Center Native Plant Sale

Saturday, October 23th, 2010 is our annual El Dorado Nature Center Native Plant Sale. For those with a green green thumb, this is a superexcellent way to stock up on hard-to-find, CA native and CA-friendly plants (including edibles and lots of yummy-smelling sages.) Besides being climate ideal, drought tolerant, and lovely-to-look-at, native plants attract native species. Watch them grow... and then delight in your new neighborhood visitors (butterflies, hummingbirds, squirrely squirrels, and so on...) Botany-obsessed staff will be on hand to answer your questions, and (shh...) the prices are really, really great. Plus, proceeds go towards our habitat restoration & educational programs. The sale begins at 9:30, and we usually sell out by noon.

Oh! FYI: No Dogs Allowed... preschoolers OK :)

Prettiest Wallpaper Ever?

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