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We believe that children are our future.
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.
But we
are also especially passionate about the need to get kids back out into
nature! The emphasis of the EK KIDS CLUB is on connecting kids with positive experiences with nature and wild spaces through fun and informal family activities.
A growing body of scientific evidence suggests that kids who spend more time in nature are healthier, more mentally focused, and happier! And we also know that kids who love and value nature are more likely to grow up to be adults who value and safeguard wild spaces and wild creatures. Our Earth's Kids KIDS
CLUB
program seeks to help families connect with nature and wild
spaces. To learn more about
this, and about how you can start a local chapter,
click here.
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 networking 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.
Kids
Can Change the World
Earth's Kids KIDS CLUB
But Earth's children face critical challenges
Good Parenting Is The Foundation Of Every Child's
Well-being.
However, from the ordinary and inescapable trials
that every family must surmount to the extraordinary perils unique to
each generation, families often need help finding the information,
support, and resources they need to triumph over the challenges
confronting them.
For more information on handling the day to day challenges that parents
face, from potty training to good sleep routines to coping with sibling
rivalry and selecting safe child care, be sure to visit our
directory of
parenting topics.
Below are also a couple of the truly epic
challenges that families face in our world today, along with links to
information about how you can take action.
Global Climate Change: Facing the Challenge for Earth's Children
Global climate change looms as one of the major crises of
our times. But unlike war, disease, and pollution global warming
and other aspects of drastic climate change threatens to create a change so sudden and so devastating to our
economies, our food base, and even to the availability of habitable
land, that it outstrips all threats save the nuclear holocaust we
struggled successfully to prevent in decades past.
We stand now at a critical junction in history,
where choices still remain to us, and a significant impact can still be
made.
It is not too late to change the trajectory we are
on, to affirm and protect life. To think and act with compassion, for
ourselves and our fellow creatures.
The time is now to take action on behalf of our
children, on behalf of all of the Earth's children...
Visit the Earth's Kids
Global Warming
special feature page to learn more about this critical environmental
problem, and about what we all can do to help. Remember that as
parents and educators we are role models for our children. Taking
daily action to do our part -- whether it's recycling, cutting
down on gasoline and electricity consumption, or growing part of
our own food -- all helps our children to understand the importance of
making responsible choices for a healthier world.
Ocean Conservation Is One Of The Key Factors Determining
Our Children's Future
You might be surprised to discover how important
the health of our oceans are to our own well-being. To learn more visit
:
the Earth's Kids Marine Science Page.
From producing seafood and
producing oxygen to regulating the temperature and weather, the ocean
plays a powerful role in all our lives. And the vast array of
creatures that live in our oceans are a source of wonder and delight to
people of all ages. Prudent stewardship of our ocean resources is
critical to our wellbeing and those of future generations.
But our global
fisheries are in trouble. Learn more about it from our friends at
the PEW Environment Group:
http://www.pewenvironment.org/regions/
Poverty and Famine Wreak Unbelievable Hardship Among
Children
But what can we do? Thankfully there are reputable
and highly effective groups tackling this problem, in our communities
and abroad, who have the experience and means to make a difference.
But they need our support. Share what you can.
Pray. Volunteer. Spread the word to friends and community members. To
learn more about the hunger problem and how we can help, visit:
Earth's Kids: Ending World Hunger
Join Earth's
Kids in supporting Second Harvest Food
Bank
Please note:
this
drive is to benefit the local Santa Clara County chapter of Second
Harvest Food Bank. To find and support your local food bank,
within the United States:
Find A Food Bank
In Your Area at:
FEEDING
AMERICA
http://feedingamerica.org/
The Earth's
Kids Bookshop
features an
assortment of our favorite books for parents, teachers, and kids!
Our goal is to make our recommended books available to you, no
matter where you live. So you can get on with more important things
-- like working with the children in your life.
Our
book selections for kids include
the very best science and nature books, plus fun books on history,
cooking, self-care, and caring for your animal companions.
Through our affiliates we also offer
excellent science equipment and other educational supplies as
well as fun music CDs for young children. Don't miss our Material
Resources section to browse our collection of great online resources
offering additional educational materials. We also offer ideas for
things you can make at home!
All
proceeds go directly to offset the many expenses involved in
updating and maintaining the all volunteer Earth's Kids resource.
Thanks for your support!
Visit the
Bookshop!
Other Resources
Include:
Our directory of
Parent Education Topics
Our collection of
Fun Learning
Resources for Kids
including links to educational online games, puzzles, worksheets, and reading.
Lesson plans for educators on a variety of
curriculum topics
, including
environmental issues,
math,
science,
social studies,
holidays
,writing, and more.
Plus an array of
resources to help kids and families volunteer
in
their communities!
Be sure to
check out:
Kids Can Change the World
Earth's
Kids KIDS CLUB
Giving
Service in Your Community
Places
to Go with Kids
We are
updating this Central California resource guide to
include volunteer opportunities!
We look forward to meeting and sharing resources
and information
with educators, scientists, activists, and most of all... KIDS!
The Importance of
Building Community
Our most effective tools in creating change for
children are compassion and community. From compassion comes our
will to act. And from community comes our power to take action.
Together we can share information and creativity and shape solutions
that work for all of us. But just as important, by forming
communities -- not just of shared residence, but of shared purpose -- we
give our children the experience of belonging to a larger group, a group
that cares for them, values them and works to support them. And this in
turn helps them learn to work together with others. It also boosts their
self-esteem, confidence, and initiative.
We urge parents to seek out this experience, for your own well being
and that of your children. Seek out play-groups, co-op schools,
nurturing church or spiritual groups, and other volunteer dependent
organizations that will join with you and your child in making positive
change at the small group level. We think you will find this experience
empowering, and slightly addictive! And we believe that it will become a
beacon to you and your children, convincing you that we can make
significant change in our communities, and also showing you how it can
get done, with wisdom, compassion, and humanity.
We know that working together with compassionate concern, we can make a
significant and lasting difference for all of Earth's Children.
Build community! Celebrate community!
Earth's Kids was started in 1999 in response 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
, 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, although we respect
each person's right to question this point, 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:
Be sure to
check the Earth's Kids
News & Updates page each time you visit
so you can find out
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You have questions.
Earth’s Kids has answers.
Where can I find affordable classroom furniture?
How can I
stop tantrums and aggression
Is
there a way to make potty training go more smoothly?
How can I
teach my child to value nature and respect the environment?
What kind of craft ideas can I do with a two year old?
My child has a science fair project coming up. Can I get free
project ideas?
Which online retailer sells quality affordable art materials?
What are the childcare regulations in my state?
I
suspect a child in my classroom has been abused. What do I do
now?
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Being a Caregiver or a Teacher is an
important and demanding job.
We want to make it more manageable by
helping you find the supplies and answers that you need quickly
— so that you can get on with more important matters. Like
taking care of yourself, and the children in your life.
Let us do the footwork for you.
We spend countless hours researching
the web and other resources so that you don’t have to. And we
filter all this through the collected wisdom of experienced
teachers and early childhood experts so we can offer you the
very best teaching ideas, guidance practices, and
educational supplies and equipment.
We also offer fun resources just for
children and young people — to inspire them to learn, to do, and
to make a difference. Be sure to check out our assortment of
educational links, games, books and activities to help kids
become confident, informed, and compassionate — about
themselves, other people… and our Earth.
Best of all, Earth’s Kids is available
to you 24 hours a day, requires no registration, and... it’s
totally free!
www.earthskids.com
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