It’s close to Springtime again and as such, we felt it was time to revisit the types of products that are available at WonderBrains to help your budding (no pun intended) Naturalist Child. We hope you enjoy!!

Well, it’s Spring time and for many of us, it’s time to say goodbye to dreary overcast winter days and say hello to warmer temperatures and maybe even more importantly FINALLY getting a chance to spend some quality time outside. Looking for educational toys and activities can be a challenge for parents, but the world outside provides ample opportunity to learn and experience.

When writing this article, I couldn’t help but take a moment to think about what a great time of year Spring is. If you live in a place that has discernible changes in your seasons, then it’s hard to dislike Spring. Life seems to return each and every year at this time and while many of us may enjoy the blooming of the trees and flowers, for Naturalist Intelligence-oriented people, Spring is the ULTIMATE!!

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A couple of months ago, we became Best Friends with the only allergist in our small town.  Actually, he’d probably call us HIS best friend first, since I think we single-handedly financed his in-ground pool he just had installed at his home.  Our younger son, now three and a half, was once again going down a road we do not like to travel:  the never-ending Sniffle-Lane and the Ear Infection Highway.  Multitudes of visits, tests (”pokes” on the back - not well-received), nose-swabs and bills later, we discovered that our little guy is allergic to absolutely - NOTHING.  Not even dust (which I welcomed with open arms, realizing my possible days of tedius dusting were now, well, dust).  Our son was (and is) the victim of Germs.  He has a perpetual Cold.  And the nice best-friend-doctor classified him with Vasomotor Rhinitis.

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