I’ve been looking for a summer volunteer activity that I can do with a 4 and a 6-year-old and through the Cincinnati United Way website, I found the Giving Fields. The Giving Fields are the Freestore/Foodbank local food supplier (think farm to table). They supply the local food banks with fresh fruits and vegetables and operate […]
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Since we had such a great time camping at Lake Kincaid a couple of weeks back, we decided to take advantage of the summer time we have left by going camping again. Before Lake Kincaid, we had come from a long camping hiatus because our last camping experience, while fun, was exhausting. We took SO
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Next on our park tour was Winton Woods park. We chose this park because it has a nice big lake that we could use our canoe in AND launch my paddleboard for the first time! The lake in this park is miles better than the lake in Sharon Woods (much larger and also cleaner). The
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As part of my “see all the large Cincinnati parks” tour, we decided to visit Glenwood Gardens & Discovery Center. The gardens, while more than 30 minutes from us, were well worth the drive. It is probably the most beautiful and picturesque park we have visited so far. The boys and I went on a hike where
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This week we went on two Field Trips: one to the Rumpke Landfill in Colerain Township and another to Rowe Woods Nature Center. We had a very positive experience in both and the boys learned two completely different things. Rumpke’s Landfill Tour The tour was incredibly easy to schedule (I just emailed Sara Cullin
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I am a fan of Charlotte Mason’s philosophy of education and really like her views on the importance of nature studies. She argues for every day interaction with nature, to understand and familiarize children with their surroundings. I really like the idea of my children being as comfortable outdoors as they are inside – and
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