Rockabye Baby! » children’s activities http://www.rockabyebabymusic.com/blog dispatches from lullaby headquarters Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:40:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Fun Activities for Kids: Earth Day http://www.rockabyebabymusic.com/blog/2010/04/15/fun-activities-for-kids-earth-day/ http://www.rockabyebabymusic.com/blog/2010/04/15/fun-activities-for-kids-earth-day/#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:25:29 +0000 Pamela Brill http://www.rockabyebabymusic.com/blog/?p=3522

One of the best ways to celebrate Earth Day with the kids is simple: head outdoors! On April 22, here are some ideas from the National Wildlife Federation to enjoy with your children:

  • Cultivate your child’s green thumb.

    Garden with your kids and give them a sense of responsibility when caring for plants and flowers. Let them help you develop a wildlife-friendly garden so they can learn what wildlife needs to survive. Add wildlife-attracting elements to your yard including a water source and native plants, and watch your child’s face when wildlife actually shows up.

  • Play Outside

    Play some good old-fashioned outdoor games, such as Capture the Flag, Red Rover, and Duck Duck Goose.

  • Introduce your children to bird watching.

    You don’t have to know the names of all the bird species to enjoy watching them, but it’s fun to look up what you have seen in a bird guide and try to identify it. Once they get the hang of it, kids love starting their own “life list”.

  • Show your kids the importance of conserving energy in your home.

    Get your children to turn off the lights in rooms they aren’t using. Let them help you change out light bulbs to compact fluorescent ones, which can reduce energy use by up to 75 percent.

  • Make a worm compost bin.

    Kids love this one – Red wigglers will devour banana peels, apple cores, lettuce, leftovers-gone-bad, etc. and then they’ll poop them out as black castings which make great fertilizer for gardens and houseplants.

  • Walk or Ride

    If your child can walk to school, do it; if they can’t walk, bike; if they can’t bike, take the bus or carpool. It’s not always possible to walk or ride, but when it is, it’s great for kids’ health and the environment.

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Want a really cool rock & roll-themed activity for your kids? Beatlefans.com scanned an official 1960’s Beatles coloring book. You can print and color your favorite images of John, Paul, George and Ringo, while teaching your little ones the ABC’s of rock. B is for Beatles!

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New York City kids have access to all the coolest things, but one of the coolest I’ve heard about lately is Paul “Ubertar” Rubenstein, who teaches some of the most awesome and unclassifiable music classes on the planet. First he takes his kids and has them help him build one-stringed, microtonal, adjustable-fret electric guitars, tuned so that there are no “wrong notes.” And then, with their new knowledge of music theory and their handmade axes, they jam. And boy, do they ever jam – the music they make is exciting, inspiring, and completely unlike anything else.

You can read more about his classes and listen to some of the music at his website: http://ubertar.com/kids9




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