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Nature - The Ultimate Playground for Kids  Every year parents spend hundreds if not thousands of dollars on toys and activities for their kids. While many of things are great for keeping young minds and bodies active, many of them are unnecessary. Sure kids need structured play, but they also need free play and this is easy to do when the world's largest playground is right outside your back door.Why not let them play outside? Every toy, book, and TV show that comes out has been designed and redesigned several times in order to make it educational and entertaining for children. The great thing about nature is that, while being entertaining and stimulating to the imagination, it's also educational. Nature can teach children the basics of science, economics, and creativity.   It's cheap. Depending on where you live, exploring nature is usually pretty inexpensive, if not free. It may mean going out in your backyard, local park, or perhaps going to the l...

 Things to do this Spring/Summer: Creston (BC, Canada) will be hosting another annual Home And Garden Show over at our modern recreation center! I missed last years, but went the year before that and was amazed and inspired by all the information, booths, food, and displays offered there. It was a really interesting and exciting place to be - and I will be going to this year's for sure. I hope to see you there: The city will also be offering free Spring Yard and Garden Clean-up collections on April 22, 23 and 24, 2014.  Click HERE for more information. The city website also announced the following which I thought you might be interested in knowing about: "WaCanId is an annual cycling tour that takes participants along paved roads that encircle the Selkirk Mountains (Washington, British Columbia, Idaho). This six day event will cover 560 km and showcase some of the magestic beauty that this region of the world has to offer. Anyone interested in participating ...

Earlier this year we created several posts offering tips for eco-friendly activities for your family that you may want to scroll back in the archives to find... in particular here are 2 that I think you'd find most interesting:  http://consciousdiscussions.blogspot.ca/2014/03/we-really-do-matter.html and  http://consciousdiscussions.blogspot.ca/2014/01/green-family-activities.html We are thrilled to provide yet another option for you to consider that was submitted by Abel Cane:  Find Dave and Lillian Brummet, excerpts from their books, their radio program, blog, and more at: http://brummet.ca * Support the Brummets by telling your friends, clicking those social networking buttons, or visiting the Brummet's Store - and help raise funds for charity as well!