There’s a great new book that is perfect for celebrating earth day every day of the Year!  The title is E Is For Environment by Ian James Corlett.  It’s a guide that makes nurturing the earth an adventure!  The family activities can easily be adapted to classrooms and become a part of a being green curriculum.

Some chapter titles:  Litterless Lunch, Stuffed Stuff and More Stuff, Banana Boy, Bottled Up

This book goes beyond simple ideas such as turning off the lights  and picking up litter. It includes teaching about  buying “fair trade” and  the joys of  planting a garden.

And  adorable children, Elliot and Lucy walk us through every page.  This book is worth your time and money.

We’re heading out just my grandson and me to enjoy the earth on this fabulous sunny, stormy, cool, hot, can’t-make-up- it’s-mind day in Colorado.  Coen has always enjoyed being outside.  And mostly he doesn’t put up a fuss when he has to deck out in his shades and hat.

He smells flowers with gusto, touches the bark on our favorite tree with awe, sorts sticks neatly on the deck and piles rocks just so.  He digs in his sand box, sits in the grass, and watches ants patiently until they crawl out of sight.  We spotted our first ladybug a few weeks ago, but haven’t seen another since although he did get excited watching a robin pull a long wiggling worm out of the yard.

Thanks Mother Earth for your abundance!