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The Great Race The story of how the animals got their place in the Chinese ZodiacJanuary 27th, 2022 LONG AGO, IN China, the Jade Emperor decide...

The Eco-Friendly Easter Basket March 16, 2020 HERE ARE SOME of my favorite plastic and candy free Easter basket filler ideas to delight your littl...

January 24th, 2020 Chinese New Year 2020, The Year of the Rat Also know in China as The Lunar New Year and The Spring Festival, Chinese New...

      Teaching our children to care for Mother Earth is very important to me. This Halloween I hope to encourage you to use eco-friendly, reusable...

I think it's important to recognize holidays like Michaelmas that honor the turn of the seasons with little ones, to help remind them of the natura...

Press play below if you want to take a trip down  memory lane with us... As the first weeks of August come and go, heralding the end of Summ...

If you've been a part of the Sarah's Silks community for a while, you know that we love rainbows -- they've unofficially become something of a mo...

In todays blog post I want to share with you a simple and fun little game to play with your children around Easter. They will love it, especially if they are still little! First we would make little Easter bunnies out of silk together and then we would tell a story using a playsilk as a backdrop for a theater to play out the stories.

Here is a story we tell the children about how the years got their animal names.

Long ago, in China, the Jade Emperor decided there should be a way of measuring time. On his birthday he told the animals that there was to be a swimming race. 

When my boys were small they enjoyed trick-or-treating but I didn't want them to eat all that candy. My friend told me about the Halloween Elf who ...

This Halloween why not chose dressup items your kids will use year round? Playsilks, fairy dresses, wings, crowns, garlands and many more of our it...

My nice red rosy apple, has a secret all unseen... "Advent, advent a candle burns First one, then two, then three then four Their stands the child...