Wild Willow Kidz

04/23/2026

ATTENTION FORAGERS, HIKERS & OUTDOOR LOVING HOMESCHOOL FAMILIES!

It is spring foraging season! So many great things to find this time of year! But I’d like to remind my fellow forager’s that here in Massachusetts Spring turkey hunting season runs from April 25 to May 23.

We are sharing the forest with the sportsman and women out there hunting so please proceed with caution. It is not wise to wear black, red or blue. I recommend wearing an orange hat and vest just like we wear during deer season. It’s not about fashion, it’s about safety. Let’s share the beautiful forests and all that mother nature has to offer us safely and respectfully💕🌱

04/22/2026

"We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children" -Native American Proverb

I believe every day should be earth day. Care for her, nurture her, and appreciate every beautiful gift she has to offer... let keep her beautiful for future generations.

04/20/2026

Yesterday was amazing! Here is a sneak peek!
This is just one of the awesome things that happened at the event! This makes my homeschool mama heart so happy!!!

If you’re not already following my other page, please go check it out! We are helping to educate and encourage our youth through entrepreneurship and it’s a beautiful thing to watch! 

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04/15/2026

Beautiful day to get out there and clean up mother Earth!!

Today members of our homeschool co-op spent some time cleaning up trash locally! In a very short time, we collected three huge bags of trash and other junk.

I heard more than once today “ Why would people just throw their stuff out in the woods like this ?”

It is so disheartening to see how disgusting some people can be. Beer cans, nip bottles, and so much trash … even four huge trash bags, full of dog p**p! absolutely disgusting..

I’m so proud of these kids for working hard to clean up today!

Where are you cleaning up?
Don’t forget the North Quabbin Health Collaborative is having a contest so if you submit pictures picking up trash you will be entered to win a gift basket of local prizes!
The details can be found on the NQHC page.

* I am in no way affiliated with NQHC just helping to spread the word! 💕

04/09/2026

We were lucky enough to have Erica, one of our very talented co-op moms lead a class this week for the co-op kids! Our creations will now be fired and we will finish up glazing in a few weeks!

Erica is an extremely talented artist!

Check out all of the amazing and beautiful things that Erica makes over on her business page tagged above!

04/01/2026

Orange, Warwick, Wendell, New Salem or Petersham residence… when you’re doing your Earth Day cleanup remember to take pictures and send them to NQHC for a chance to win the prize!!!

My daughter and myself have donated from our businesses and I know there are a lot of other great items in the basket as well!!
Wild Willow Holistics
Peaches Boutique
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Join us for our First Annual Earth Day Challenge!

To be entered into our raffle:
Take part in any type of environmental clean up within the towns of Orange, Warwick, Wendell, New Salem, or Petersham.
Comment with a photo or text it to the number below.

That's it! You're entered!

Details below on how to participate! Keep your eyes open for flyers out around the towns as well!

03/29/2026

This is some of the real world education that I get so excited about!

Today I stumbled across a post from our local historical society page at about 11:15 AM inviting the public to the local church at noon. We already had other plans, but when I saw the opportunity to check out the inside of this old church in our town that I’ve never been into we had to jump on it! And I’m so glad that we did! Not only did we meet some people in town that we had not met before but we were able to check out this beautiful building that is usually closed to the public.
We heard stories about the buildings past, even learned about the split between the Unitarian and the congregational church that happened during revolutionary war times. This building was built in the early 1800s. but I think the best part of all was getting to go up in the attic with Clyde and a few other others to watch them wind the clock ! You see, in our town every hour on the hour the church bell chimes. We learned today that the clock is hand wound once a week and we were able to see how it works. It was fascinating!

When we came down out of the attic, someone decided to start playing the organ, and that was amazing too!

We Love learning about history in this way.
Thanks to the Warwick historical Society for posting this. I’m glad we didn’t miss this awesome opportunity. 💕




03/28/2026

Let me tell you a story about Lady and Little Jimmy….

Last year at co-op, we did an awesome Egypt unit study. Part of that unit was mummification. Each child mummified their own apple and as a group we mummified a Cornish hen.

One of the girls in the group name the chicken “Little Jimmy”. Little Jimmy sat in the mumification solution for months, and mummified beautifully! I brought it home and wrapped it in gauze with the intentions of bringing it back to co-op to show this year’s group of kids…. I set it on my mantle and I kept forgetting to bring it with me to co-op.

A couple weeks ago, I walked past it and remembered to grab it. I took it and I threw it in my co-op bag with the intention of bringing it to co-op with me the following day.

This is where Lady comes in to the story….Lady had other plans for Little Jimmy…..
Lady is not a mischievous dog who steals things so I wasn’t too worried about little Jimmy. It’s not like it was raw meat in the bag and I honestly didn’t think she’d have any interest in little Jimmy because he had been in the house for months and she didn’t seem to care…. I was wrong.🤦🏻‍♀️

Long story short, I found Lady chewing on something random laying in front of the fireplace and when I went over and picked it up, it looked like a small bone, but I couldn’t figure out where it came from so I took it away from her and thought maybe that she had something buried in the backyard that she brought in. It wasn’t until a few hours later when I walked into my bedroom to get ready for bed that I realized exactly what that bone was from…
There on my bed was a pile of gauze with googly eyes still attached and a few little crumbs of mummified chicken skin 😳

LADY ATE LITTLE JIMMY!

Fast forward to me googling, texting a few people, and eventually calling the emergency animal hospital at midnight. that was a funny conversation…. The woman at the emergency clinic who claims to have heard it all said this was a first… sure she’s had dogs eat chicken bones, but never a mummified Chicken that was a science project.😆🍗

The general consensus was to feed her some soft foods like rice to cushion the bones in hopes that they didn’t poke her insides or get stuck and follow her around for days making sure everything came out … if she showed any distress, get her right to the hospital.

I’m happy to report that she passed Little Jimmy with no problems and no need to go the the vet.
🤦🏻‍♀️😆🙄🐥🦴💩🐕🐾🥺




03/24/2026

My daughter got this for Christmas from Santa and we are loving it!
This is so much fun and extremely educational! Great way to learn about the United States!

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