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food and nutrition

eco-friendly lunch containers

With back-to-school time just around the corner, I thought it might be helpful to Simple Kids readers to re-run this post by contributor Mariah Bruehl, founder of Playful Learning, about eco-friendly lunch containers.  Enjoy! ~ Kara Every winter tends to lead to the infamous lunch-packing rut. To break the cycle this year we made a [...]

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Post image for Your Local CSA: 3 Reasons You Should Join

Simple Kids contributor Emily Carter is filling in today over at Simple Mom while Tsh is on maternity leave. This spring our family decided to try something we have never done, or even heard of before. We joined a local CSA. What is a CSA? CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. Basically, that means you [...]

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girl holding peaches

Written by contributor Christen Babb of NurtureBaby. It’s official:  Summer is finally upon us! Just as those long, lazy, sun-drenched days bring out the best in many of us, Summertime also gleans some of natures’ most delectable delights. Nothing says Summer like a generous sliver of ice-cold watermelon,  a peach so luscious its juices run [...]

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fresh fruit

Kara, here.  This is part two of Megan’s series on feeding toddlers, which originally ran August 2009.  This is part two in a series on Finger Food for little ones. Earlier, we shared some ideas on what to serve for breakfast and snacks to toddlers who are new to feeding themselves. Today, I wanted to [...]

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kiwi

Kara, here.  After last week’s series on Homemade Baby Food 101 by Christen, we had a few readers asking about the next step and feeding toddlers.  So, I decided to re-run Megan’s series on Toddler Finger Foods, which originally ran August 2009.  Don’t miss the great suggestions in the comments – and feel free to [...]

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