Journal

A nature table or seasonal table can a beautiful addition to your home.  Keep it simple and interactive.  The important aspect is that the child i...

Our toys are designed by Sarah in Forestville, CA. You can see her oldest son Josh hard at work making string games here. We have raised our own ...

We all know how important play is in child development. More and more large companies, educators and scientifically-minded adults are realizing tha...

A few weekends ago, I, along with hundreds of early childhood educators, play therapists, and toy makers, attended a “Play Symposium” at Stanford ...

Many times when my children were small we would find ourselves in a park, hotel, restaurant or airplane when suddenly they would need a simple prop...

I love to visit towns and browse in the shops, don't you?  This holiday season I plan to buy locally as much as possible. The experience of seeing ...

Each year we make gifts to give to special friends, grandparents, and teachers. One of the easy and fun ones is making sachets. Here is what you n...

Many of us, as adults, have a strong feeling of separation between our work and play. Work may be thought of as a more dreaded must-do activity; pl...

"By choosing what we spend our money on we actually affect what gets made." ~ my son Noah, recent Waldorf graduate, who took an economics class th...

We know how much kids love to let their imaginations run wild when they’re wearing playsilks but they can also form silks into fun, little critter...

How true it is: when we're relaxed and having fun our true colors shimmer and shine like silk in the wind. While you might think it's okay for adu...

If you've ever built your own secret hideaway, then you can certainly remember all the fun it delivered. It was more than just a place where you co...