About This Site

At Earth’s Kids we believe that children are our future. Their creativity, values, and choices will shape our society and create waves of impact that may some day be felt all over the planet — perhaps for centuries to come. It's up to us help them make that impact a positive one.

And as research has shown, what kids learn in the first five years of life, and the quality of care they receive in that period, will form the core of who they become, as teenagers and as adults. We believe this makes teachers and caregivers vitally important guardians and shapers of the future. And we at Earth's Kids are committed to connecting them with the information and resources they need to do this job capably and joyfully.

We also work with children, directly and through the materials on our website, to teach them to value themselves, the environment, and their connection to all living things. An important part of our focus is to help young people understand the power that they possess to do good, and to connect them with opportunities to get involved with important causes and volunteer their time.

Finally, we know that right now world events are setting the stage for the challenges our children will face as adults, and for the quality of life they will enjoy, or endure. So we at Earth’s Kids are committed to working together with educators, scientists, activists, and other community leaders to share information, take action, and positively shape the world that our children will inherit. We hope you will join us.

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What You Can Find Here...

On this site you will find an wide array of resources & information on topics of use to parents, teachers, child care providers, as well as to social and environmental activists, and of course to children and young adults. Many of the articles are unique to Earth's Kids, representing more than a decade of experience working with parents, teachers, and young children.

Other articles are hyperlinked texts available elsewhere on the world wide web. In both cases, we have utilized our professional knowledge of child development, education, and spiritual ministry to select what we believe is the most insightful, solidly proven, and effective information currently available on each topic. We do this so that you can avoid the frustration of wading through dead links, vacuous content, and the perky but inaccurate fluff that clutters both the typical display of search engine results as well as many commercial parenting and educational sites. Instead, you can get on with something really important -- taking care of yourself and the children in your care.

Please remember that although it is our desire to always connect you with the best articles, books, and links currently available, we are now living in an information transformation that is growing and evolving exponentially -- literally! So try as we might, it is unlikely that we will meet this goal all of the time, especially on our own. This is why we encourage and appreciate your feedback about new information and other useful resources currently available. Together we are more than the sum of our separate abilities.

Site Organization

Articles & Resources
for Parents and Teachers

Where the focus is parenting, teaching -- and nurturing spiritual and emotional wellness.

Kids
Fun & Learning

Here is an exciting world of exploration and growth -- science, history, art, books, nature and pets, as well as social and spiritual awareness.

An Integrated Focus On Environmental Issues including educating children to appreciate the natural world and its creatures, and to be active caretakers of the Earth's resources.

An Emphasis On Giving Service, including links and advice to help kids and adults get involved both in their local communities and with causes both global and international.

E K Bunny Pages

We got so much mail about our bunny page that we finally expanded it into a whole site of its own! What started out as a hobby has become a very popular website to learn rabbit care.

We are glad that so many people love their animal friends enough to learn proper care techniques, and of course, who doesn't like cute bunny pictures?

Earth's Kids Holiday Pages for Fun & Learning!

Browse Earth's Kids new holiday-themed learning pages -- each one is chock full of lesson plan ideas, online activities, printables, and great resources to download or order online.

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How Earth's Kids Got Its Start

Earth's Kids was started in 1999 in response to to four developing factors:

the rapid expansion of the World Wide Web, and the explosion of sites aimed at parents and children -- with no mechanism provided for filtering this material according to accuracy or quality.

a growing scientific consensus that the quality of care and guidance received by children in the first five years of life -- including the period of infancy and toddlerhood -- drastically influences a child's core personality and ability to achieve a high potential, both in school and later in life.

the prediction, by demographic forecasters, that by 2011 the U.S. would have a larger percentage of teenagers than it did in the 1960s (Read More), with all the potential for extreme social change that goes with it, and...

the awareness that our world was entering a period of climate instability and natural disasters, a development that would surely threaten children more than any other group.

It was clear that both some tremendous threats, and tremendous opportunities lay on the horizon. It raised the question: could anything be done to help children become more effectively prepared to face this future? And to support parents and teachers working toward this goal?

Our response to both was the Earth's Kids website, a project that combined environmental and social consciousness with positive parenting techniques, premium educational resources, and an emphasis on youth activism.

Most importantly the process of creating and selecting materials for Earth's Kids was, and is, grounded in sound, well-accepted principles in child development and early childhood education as well as in the collective experience of effective, and highly regarded educators.

At the same time Earth's Kids reflects the conviction that we are each spiritual beings, and through the nurturing of our inner life, and our relationship with our higher power, we are all more fully empowered to live well, live safely, and to create positive solutions to life's challenges.

For further reading:

A Firm Foundation of Wellness

A Demographic Revolution

Emergency Preparedness

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