Happy Trails Day Home

Spring is here and mud is taking over!

We’ve been busy mixing up some spooky potions!

We had so much fun exploring apples by making apple crisp!

Cleaned up the fairy garden this morning and it didn’t take long for the children to notice and have renewed interest in it!

Look at these great play food rocks for our mud kitchen, painted for us by a local artist (also known as my daughter, Mikaela)! Look at all the different ways the children have used them so far 🥑🍓🍎🌽🥦

A little outdoor art this morning 🎨

Hey friends, we now have two spots available starting Aug 1! One for age 12 months+ and one for 3 - 4 years old!

"The more risks you allow children to take, the better they learn to take care of themselves." -- Roald Dahl

For an excellent parenting book about the importance of physical play for kids’ development, we recommend “Balanced and Barefoot: How Unrestricted Outdoor Play Makes for Strong, Confident, and Capable Children” at https://www.amightygirl.com/balanced-and-barefoot

There is also a new edition of a best-selling parenting book exploring the value of encouraging risk-taking in children: "Free-Range Kids: How to Raise Safe, Self-Reliant Children (Without Going Nuts with Worry)" at https://www.amightygirl.com/free-range-kids

For two fun kids' books about the value of taking risks and learning from mistakes, we highly recommend "The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes" (https://www.amightygirl.com/the-girl-who-never-made-mistakes) and "Sometimes You Win — Sometimes You Learn for Kids" (https://www.amightygirl.com/sometimes-you-learn-kids), both for ages 4 to 8

For older kids, we recommend "The Grit Workbook for Kids" for ages 6 to 12 (https://www.amightygirl.com/grit-workbook-kids), "What To Do When Mistakes Make You Quake" for ages 7 to 12 (https://www.amightygirl.com/when-mistakes-make-you-quake), and "The Resilience Workbook for Teens" for ages 13 and up (https://www.amightygirl.com/the-resilience-workbook-for-teens)

For books for children about the wonders of outdoor exploration and discovery, visit our blog post, "Explore Your World: 30 Mighty Girl Books About Outdoor Discovery," at https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=11570

Thanks to The Wild Network for sharing this wonderful quote!

There are many developmental milestones to support in the early years! Climbing supports motor planning, language development, problem solving, gross motor development, visual perception and so much more!

Little climbers!

Another artistic creation by one of our kiddos 🍄🌳🌷

Some gourmet looking meals were being made and served up at the mud kitchen yesterday!