I have almost completed changing over the blog to it's new address. There will be some new features,and in my opinion a much better format. this is the new address :
http://ping.fm/3Ywb6
The Photoblog will be discontinued, and will just become the "Pictures" category of the new blog.
this version of the blog will be up for a few days and then will be taken down.
Friday, October 16, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
Nurture Eco-Daycare featured in the St. Catharines Standard.
There is a nice article about Nurture Eco-Daycare in the Monday edition of the St. Catharines Standard. Here is the link http://ping.fm/Qe7HD or check it out below...
Day care nurtures kids, the planet
COLUMN
Posted By MATTHEW VAN DONGEN AND TIFFANY MAYER
Posted 3 hours ago
Lincoln Bannerman picks up a fist-sized yellow block and does what most other 16-month-olds would do.
He shoves it in his mouth. No worries. The yellow cutout of a farmer is made of wood and coloured with nontoxic paint.
The floor he's standing on is cork -- an ecologically sustainable alternative to hardwood. And the cheery green walls surrounding him, mom Karrie, and year-old Taylor Ranaud, are covered with paint sans volatile organic compounds.
Above the trio, a smiling earth looks down on them, the words "Love our Planet" emblazoned above it, while the busy Lincoln, fuelled by local and organic food, moves on to a toy sushi set.
Welcome to Nurture Eco-Daycare, Karrie Bannerman's new child-care venture for the young and the green.
The St. Catharines mother of two opened her home to young children in need of day care three weeks ago, offering parents something she's always wanted as a mother of two -- safe, healthy, ecologically-oriented child care.
Her search for such a program fell short when she returned to work after the birth of her daughter, Violet, 5.
"I found nothing like that. I found I had to make a lot of compromises for child care. If I liked the program, it had bologna sandwiches and pop tarts on the menu," Bannerman said.
If she found a day care where the menu was homemade, she added, safety and cleanliness seemed to suffer. So Violet had to make do with bologna and pop tarts.
After moving to St. Catharines and giving birth to Lincoln, Bannerman went back to work grudgingly, all the while thinking about how to make her dream child-care venue a reality. She soon realized it would be up to her.
Since then, Bannerman has redone her backyard, installing a playground on a bed of wood chips to cut down on grass cutting. She's planted a garden -- organic, of course -- that she hopes her growing list of children she cares for will help her with.
Songbooks with tunes chiming recycling themes, crafts using recycled items, activities such as sorting recycling items and nature watching, meals of local and organic food, playtime with locally crafted, nontoxic toys that foster imagination and cloth diaper service are all packed into a day with Bannerman.
She's in the process of applying for certification from the Eco-Healthy Child Care program for her earth-friendly day care.
While her services are more expensive than other day-care services, Bannerman said it's not about being the cheapest. It's offering what parents want.
And helping create a generation of green-minded individuals.
"I'm really hoping they will grow up and be different than the generation before my generation and know how to interact with their community," Bannerman said.
For more information about Nurture Eco-Daycare, visit http://ping.fm/HTWxn
Article ID# 1762019
Day care nurtures kids, the planet
COLUMN
Posted By MATTHEW VAN DONGEN AND TIFFANY MAYER
Posted 3 hours ago
Lincoln Bannerman picks up a fist-sized yellow block and does what most other 16-month-olds would do.
He shoves it in his mouth. No worries. The yellow cutout of a farmer is made of wood and coloured with nontoxic paint.
The floor he's standing on is cork -- an ecologically sustainable alternative to hardwood. And the cheery green walls surrounding him, mom Karrie, and year-old Taylor Ranaud, are covered with paint sans volatile organic compounds.
Above the trio, a smiling earth looks down on them, the words "Love our Planet" emblazoned above it, while the busy Lincoln, fuelled by local and organic food, moves on to a toy sushi set.
Welcome to Nurture Eco-Daycare, Karrie Bannerman's new child-care venture for the young and the green.
The St. Catharines mother of two opened her home to young children in need of day care three weeks ago, offering parents something she's always wanted as a mother of two -- safe, healthy, ecologically-oriented child care.
Her search for such a program fell short when she returned to work after the birth of her daughter, Violet, 5.
"I found nothing like that. I found I had to make a lot of compromises for child care. If I liked the program, it had bologna sandwiches and pop tarts on the menu," Bannerman said.
If she found a day care where the menu was homemade, she added, safety and cleanliness seemed to suffer. So Violet had to make do with bologna and pop tarts.
After moving to St. Catharines and giving birth to Lincoln, Bannerman went back to work grudgingly, all the while thinking about how to make her dream child-care venue a reality. She soon realized it would be up to her.
Since then, Bannerman has redone her backyard, installing a playground on a bed of wood chips to cut down on grass cutting. She's planted a garden -- organic, of course -- that she hopes her growing list of children she cares for will help her with.
Songbooks with tunes chiming recycling themes, crafts using recycled items, activities such as sorting recycling items and nature watching, meals of local and organic food, playtime with locally crafted, nontoxic toys that foster imagination and cloth diaper service are all packed into a day with Bannerman.
She's in the process of applying for certification from the Eco-Healthy Child Care program for her earth-friendly day care.
While her services are more expensive than other day-care services, Bannerman said it's not about being the cheapest. It's offering what parents want.
And helping create a generation of green-minded individuals.
"I'm really hoping they will grow up and be different than the generation before my generation and know how to interact with their community," Bannerman said.
For more information about Nurture Eco-Daycare, visit http://ping.fm/HTWxn
Article ID# 1762019
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Nurture Eco-Daycare's grand opening
Today was the grand opening of Nurture Eco-Daycare. http://ping.fm/SB4GT
Nurture Eco Daycare provides quality private, home based child care focusing on the whole child. Our goal is to create a safe, non toxic fun learning environment for children, while enjoying the outdoors and learning about the importance of nature in our daily lives.
For more information contact : karrie@fallforniagara.com
Nurture Eco Daycare provides quality private, home based child care focusing on the whole child. Our goal is to create a safe, non toxic fun learning environment for children, while enjoying the outdoors and learning about the importance of nature in our daily lives.
For more information contact : karrie@fallforniagara.com
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Updates at Fall for Niagara
Just finished updating the fall for Niagara Blog, and the Photoblog... http://ping.fm/VTkou http://ping.fm/3aKDP The updates feature trips to Ball's Falls Conservation Area, and olson Foods at Ravine Estate Winery.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Fall for Niagara Photoblog update
just updated the Fall for Niagara Photoblog... http://ping.fm/j6BKh
reading the Standard
spending the evening reading the news... http://ping.fm/3Ha1r http://ping.fm/Pn7K8
Monday, June 8, 2009
Photoblog update
Updated the Fall for Niagara Photoblog tonight with some pictures from Port Dalhousie that I took a few weeks ago.. http://ping.fm/QrHUI
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Changes to the main page at Fall for Niagara
Made some changes to Fall for Niagara's main page tonight... have a look... http://ping.fm/28pPf
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Photoblog updates
I made a few posts to the Fall for Niagara Photoblog (http://ping.fm/TIVac) over the past week or so. There are a few pictures of Queens Royal Park, in Niagara-on-the-Lake, and a few random pictures from around the area.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Feedburner feed
Just in the process of converting Fall for Niagara's feed to a Feedburner feed. here is the new feed address :
http://feeds2.feedburner.com/FallForNiagara
http://feeds2.feedburner.com/FallForNiagara
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
enjoying spring
This is what I get to see whenever I leave the house.
I only wished it lasted all year long.
see more posts at fall for niagara
Sunday, May 3, 2009
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