Treehugger Babysitting: Episode 3- Best Birdfeeders Ever

These birds are actually angry
because you haven't made them a
milk carton bird feeder.

Hi everyone! This is GEEKs cofounder Katie M-T, bringing you the long-awaited third episode of our captivating and ingenious new series, Treehugger Babysitting. These episodes follow my adventures in trying out sneaky environmental education activities on the kids I nanny. Read through this whole post to find out how to use a milk carton, glue and some old magazines to inspire a love of environmental stewardship and creative recycling in young children, or skip to the bottom for a summary of what I learned as well as a picture of Barney the Dinosaur.

Treehugger Babysitting: Episode 2- Urban Gardens

What a well-maintained garden! Good job
kids.

Hi everyone! This is GEEKs cofounder Katie M-T, bringing you the long-awaited, action-packed second episode of our new series, Treehugger Babysitting, which follows my adventures in environmental education with the kids I'm nannying this summer. 

In our first episode, I learned how to get the kids interested and engaged in environmentalism through art. Read through this whole post to see what sneaky education tactics I tried this time, or just skip to the bottom to see what I learned during this episode, summed up this time in haiku form.