The Christmas season in Europe is not to be missed!
Here’s five of our favorite cities for families in the holiday season – Munich Germany, London England, Strasbourg France, Seville Spain, and Basel Switzerland.
Monarch butterflies have arrived: Three best California monarch sanctuaries
Starting in fall, monarch butterflies in western United States migrate to the coast of California where they spend winter months, November to February. Three best monarch butterfly sanctuaries are Pismo Beach, Pacific Grove and Santa Cruz.
Read more…Celebrate Diwali: Festival of lights from India
Find out how Diwali, five day festival of lights, is celebrated – origins of the festival, lighting oil lamps, offerings to the goddess Lakshmi and god Ganesha, special Diwali sweets and snacks, and children’s books.
Read more…Sonoma County Favorite Pumpkin Patches
In October, head to Sonoma County to enjoy pumpkin patches, and amazing corn maze!
Pick up a wheelbarrow, and load up on different kinds of pumpkins, kids love to play in a seed corn pits, go on hay bale rides, see farm animals, explore winding paths through a corn maze.
Day of the Dead
November 1 and 2 is the Day of the Dead – Dia de los Muertos – a holiday celebrated in Mexico, Central America, and Latino communities around the United States. Families remember and honor deceased relatives with flowers, candles, altars, and special foods.
Read more…Basho’s banana tree
The great haiku poet Matsuo Basho lived in Edo (Tokyo).
He had a house along the Sumida River, and a banana tree (basho) in his yard.
Visit Basho park in Tokyo, and read haiku childen’s books wherever you are.