Children come into the world noticing. They notice sights, sounds, smells and the attitudes and emotions of people around them....
Act Naturally: The Benefits of Wet Hands and Muddy Feet
An Interview with Richard Louv
How do we get today’s kids active and in tune with nature? And if the current generation of young parents missed out on personal experiences with nature, who will teach their children?
This week, Home Grown launched a new initiative—Leading From Home—focused on identifying and supporting provider leaders across the country. The...
For babies to have the best start in life, they need to form a deep emotional bond with the person...
Lived Experience Sabra Bell remembers what it was like to be pregnant and low on funds. “Extra cash would have...
Why Don’t We Just Do That?
Over Cocktails, Restaurateurs Hatch a Plan for Literacy
Three years ago, Amanda and John Horne, owners of Anna Maria Oyster Bar in Bradenton, Florida, heard that 51 percent of children in their local Manatee County school system couldn’t read at grade level by third grade. They were appalled.
“This was horrific,” Amanda says. “We had no idea that this was an issue.”
Over cocktails one night, Amanda and John wondered what they could do. Their clientele is largely composed of older “grandparent-type” people. They have four restaurants and a mailing list of more than 24,000 customers. What if they could pair children up with a grandparent figure or somebody who cares about them, read with them and maybe instill them with a love of reading?
Seedlings in the Garden: Childhood Food Sovereignty and the Push to Reclaim Indigenous Foodways
After their food systems were systematically destroyed, America’s Indian Tribes are teaching their children the importance of healthy diets through agricultural education
Every weekday morning, Nichole Efird greets her students with a hug and the promise of another adventure. With a curriculum...
Mobilizing Communities So All Children Make the Grade
Pop Up Neighbor events, community, collaboration, mobilization
Even without advance promotion, when word got out that the SuperMatt Laundromat in Sarasota, Florida, was offering free laundry all day, neighborhood residents formed a steady stream of customers.
Not only was laundry-and-all-the-fixings free—a boon to low-income families who can ill afford the $35 to $50 a week they spend trying to keep their kids in clean clothes—the food bank was there with abundant food to restock their pantries.
Best of all, there were books—lots of books—and plenty of volunteers to read to children while the adults did as many loads of laundry as needed. When the children left, books went home with them.
It looks like just another ordinary day at the Children’s Museum of Manhattan (CMOM). A dozen mothers and about 30...
The roots of the word television are ancient Greek τῆλε/tele, ‘far’ and Latin visio, ‘sight’. And ever since it arrived...
A visitor looking for Eastside Baby Corner (EBC) might be excused for thinking they were searching for a modest storefront...
Southern Living magazine calls it the South’s Best College Town, but Athens-Clark County also has its challenges, including a 30%...
