Comments on: The Ever-Changing Nature Table

By: Cold Spaghetti

Cold Spaghetti — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:20:35 +0000

Nature Table! I love it! We have a little basket of the sea-faring variety, but your nature table is way cooler. Especially because of the way the kids get to decide the objects of import and rotate them over time. Brilliant, Mom! .-= Cold Spaghetti´s last post ..VOTE HERE! Just Posts for a Just World : Best of 2009 =-.

By: TheFeministBreeder

TheFeministBreeder — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:51:26 +0000

You really do have the best ideas ever. Have you thought about writing a book? It could be called “Really cool things I could be doing with my kids if I weren’t too lazy to dream up all the cool things that I could be doing with my kids.”
.-= TheFeministBreeder´s last post ..March: The Month of Gina =-.

By: Melodie

Melodie — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:37:37 +0000

I love nature tables. I have never really found a good spot inside the house for one though. I do have a spot outside the front door that I let the kids put their nature finds, like bird nests or pretty rocks or bark. I have a touch basket in the daycare bathroom to. It has pine cones and shells and bark and rocks. Not seasonal, but definetely nature. .-= Melodie´s last post ..Love – The Secret Ingredient For Healthy Self-Esteem =-.

By: Lady M

Lady M — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:34:18 +0000

Are those felted eggs in the right hand side of the tableau? I bought some felted balls on my last trip to the Pacific Northwest (after being inspired by one of your posts) and the micro dude loved them. So pretty, and soft upon impact. .-= Lady M´s last post ..If You Give a Baby a Cookie =-.

By: lynn

lynn — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:43:00 +0000

This is lovely. I’ll bet it’s a fun activity to share with your daughter, the selecting and arranging of your items. I have tried recently to be more intentional about bringing some of the beauty from our backyard into the house, mainly by clipping bits of random plants and flowers and bunching them into a vase. My husband is quite the gardener, and some of the arrangements we end up with are beautiful, just because the raw materials are so beautiful. It’s almost like you can’t put together a bad arrangement Anyway, thanks for stopping by my blog, and I’m glad to meet you and explore your blog.

By: Capital Mom

Capital Mom — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:38:47 +0000

Love it. We don't have one. I will have to think about this. Maybe a nature tray. .-= Capital Mom´s last post ..Wonderwall =-.

By: Francesca

Francesca — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:10:18 +0000

We don’t have a nature table, my problem is how to keep nature out of our house:) But we do have a microscopic nature collection tucked in a box (it is not the most idyllic of sights). Nature tables are not part of our waldorf schools here, perhaps a local adaptation because of our smaller houses.
I see your felted collection is growing Amber, I’m envious, I still have to get my tool.
.-= Francesca´s last post ..Flowers under the snow =-.

By: Mel

Mel — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:06:46 +0000

I love this I remember this from my days in Steiner Kindergarten:) (100 years ago...lol) .-= Mel´s last post ..Thankful Friday: Universal love =-.

By: allison

allison — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:39:31 +0000

I try not to go overboard on saying things like ‘it makes me feel better that you feel bad about that too’, but it DOES make me feel better that you find it difficult to provide structure and engage your kids in creative activities every day, because you’re a really good mother, so it makes me feel like I might not TOTALLY suck for finding the same things difficult. You know — some weeks it’s like mardi gras with the art and the dancing and the exchange of ideas. Some weeks it’s been five days since we practiced the piano and we’ve seen the Jonas Brothers way too often. It all balances out. Right?
.-= allison´s last post ..***************Lest Ye Be Judged and all that crap =-.

By: Tanya

Tanya — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:07:35 +0000

What a nice idea! I love the color and variety in your nature table. My girls are constantly picking up sticks and rocks but they are not allowed inside. The rocks we put in our garden and one year we had a special "rock garden" that we organized into a pattern. In the summer I grow flowering plants and use them as a centrepiece each week. The only nature we currently have indoors are some cactus that we planted which are about the size of a pea right now. I gave up on keeping indoor plants years ago because I just didn't have the time to care for them. My theory on this is that they didn't make noise so they didn't get fed! lol .-= Tanya´s last post ..Expectations of a new mom =-.