"Life is a paradise for those who love many things with a passion." --Leo Buscaglia
"Make Time for Memories"
It is a time worn cliché that our children will be grown before we know it; but like all clichés there is some truth. One minute they are triumphantly presenting loose teeth pulled from an unwilling mouth. The next they are graduating from high school and contemplating their next step into adulthood.. Take time before it is too late to carve out time to make memories. Memories like idle conversation, back scratches and lingering over dinner. No one ever looks back on their childhood with fond reminiscences of the washed windows or the clean rugs. What we remember are the big belly laughs and the spontaneity of ice cream for dinner. We remember summer nights of freeze tag and messy art and the freedom of bare feet in cool grass. Good childhoods are made up of time to squander, and it is becoming more and more rare these days. Kids are booked from sun up to sundown with a multitude of activities and organized sports, and it is up to you, the parents, to give your child the irreplaceable gift of time.

The Way From Here

- Nancy

The featured project this month is Dancing Raisins
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The Way From Here: Essays from the Mudpies Files
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These essays and journal entries reflect the lurching, joyous process of raising four children. It is a place where terrible birthday parties are thrown, tempers are lost and found, and the ways of a child bring the whole world into perspective.

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Speeches
Why is resiliency a critical life skill?
How can we raise creative kids in a hurried world?
What can families do to reclaim time for joy and connection?
Why does too much choice diminish a child's life?
How does spending time outdoors make healthier, smarter children?
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Workshops
Recycled Art
Earthquake Exploration
If the World Were a Cookie
Things That Fly
Discovering the Pop and Fizz in Science
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Lotions, Potions, and Slime Mudpies and More

Lotions Potions and Slime is filled with the kind of projects kids love: slippery science, potions to paint with, recipes for bath time. We don't have fond childhood memories of the sparkling clean house, we remember the handmade volcanoes and butterfly mudpies!

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Go Outside!


The outdoors is one of the finest places for making childhood memories. Time spent out the back door is better than TV, better than computer games, and Go Outside! is filled with over 130 activities for outdoor adventures.

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