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I’m totally psyched up for our new unit in Earth Scouts, the youth group that I lead along with my friend Heidi. At first when Heidi and I decided it was time to move away from our safety net of concentrating on nature and decided to attempt this new unit of “economic justice,” I felt [...]

This evening we took our second annual trip with our homeschooling coop group to a local assisted living center to spread some holiday cheer. The kids sang their songs and distributed treats they had baked to the residents. It was a lot of fun. Aidan was rehearsing all week for the big day. He sang [...]

Earth Scouts had their first “official” clean-up day today. The day was a beautiful one weather-wise for our adventures. Four families showed up and everyone worked hard for a couple of hours cleaning up the Van Horn Woods in Plainfield. The kids filled many bags full of bottles, cans, plastic bags, snack wrappers, etc. We [...]