Wildlife encounters for kids

This summer I have had the opportunity to see Northern New England’s Traveling Zoo twice. The first time was with my youngest son Lucas at our town gym. It was offered as part of the library’s summer reading program, and again this weekend at a birthday party with my oldest son Jacob. Derek was our [...]

The Seacoast Science Center…a great sunny or rainy day activity

We are frequent visitors of the Seacoast Science Center located at Odiorne State Park in Rye, New Hampshire. In fact, we visited the center again last week when our relatives were down from Vermont. They always have great programs that are educational and interactive. The day we visited it was overcast so we rode bikes, [...]

Teaching kids to live in harmony with nature

We have lived in Barrington, New Hampshire for almost nine years. Our land is also home to Whitetail Deer, Red Fox, Gray Fox, Porcupine, Raccoon, Bats and many types of birds. We have heard that there are Black Bear, Moose & Coyotes in the area, but we have not seen them. Recently, our neighboring Gray [...]