In Love with Flora

4/2/2026

Foraging for Flowers

We love to follow along with what the earth is up to. In the early spring there are so many VIOLETS! We collected a bunch from our own Big Yard to brew a yummy tea

We let the flowers steep in hot water and added a little stevia

Everyone loved it, especially the light pink color!

Yeti Teaching Us Mindfulness

We love Yeti the slumberkin! You can hear the book being read aloud here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwc-lIfdRAg

SO many benefits for learning to practice mindfulness from an early age!

Mindfulness
Slowing down and paying attention with all of our senses, to what is happening right now

Emotional Regulation
Noticing when we have big feelings and then calming our bodies down

Building Connections
Feelings of love and affection for people, places and things we care about

Mind-Body Connection
Our thoughts and emotions are connected to how our body acts and feels

Concentration
Focusing on one thing at a time with a clear mind

Making Rain Clouds

The spring started off pretty dry so we called in some rain with these colorful clouds!

In this experiment, the shaving cream represents a cloud and the food coloring represents water vapour. Food coloring is denser than both shaving cream and water; as it moves through the foam, it eventually becomes too heavy for the “cloud” to hold, acting just like rain!

The colorful rainfall eventually turned into wild potion sensory exploration!

Homemade Play Dough with Garden Flowers and Herbs

Play Dough Letters

Action Art!

Movin' and A-Groovin' In Our Bodies

We love yoga!

We went to the beach and explored what kinds of animals live there with different poses!

Painting a Fairy Palace

Magical Potion Making

Stamps!

We love the foam!

Sensory play, color theory, print making -- oh my!

An Orchard Of Our Own

Binding sticks with yarn to create little trees, we dipped strips of tissue paper to emulate flowers! Perfect for the blooming spring trees.

Comfrey Still Art

Our comfrey is flowering! We spent time with this medicinal plant, looking at its purple flowers, feeling its fuzzy leaves, and being inspired to make art!

Wax-Resist Watercolor

We used white crayon to create images which were revealed by the watercolor! The wax remained hydrophobic, making a cool effect

And we made some sweet get-well-soon cards for Ben <3

Fudgy Walnut Brownies

The kids loved making their own fresh walnut flour and cacao powder with hammers and rolling pins!

These fudgy walnut brownies pack plenty of goodness with fresh chickweed and lots of omega 3s thanks to walnuts & chia seeds.

Ingredients

2 ½ cups raw or toasted walnut halves
⅓ cup coconut sugar
¼ cup pure maple syrup
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon chia seeds
⅓ cup raw cacao nibs
1 tablespoon coconut flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup foraged chickweed
¼ teaspoon salt

Instructions

Hammer and roll the 2.5 cups of walnuts and 1/3 cups of raw cacao nibs into a fine powder
Add in coconut sugar, pure maple syrup, eggs and vanilla extract; mix until smooth and well combined.
Gently stir in the cocoa powder, coconut flour, baking soda and salt until smooth. Fold in chocolate chips, chickweed, and chia seeds.
Pour brownie batter to a 9x9 inch square baking pan. Bake for 23-27 minutes or until brownies are done and a tester comes out clean or with just a few crumbs attached.