Archive for ' Kids'

Book Review:  A Kid’s Herb Book Posted:July 03, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom

Book Review: A Kid’s Herb Book

A guest post by Liz Long. I’ll admit that I haven’t exactly combed through every gardening and alternative medicine book out there. Who has that kind of time? But Amazon recommended this book to me, A [...]

Teach Your Children Wilderness Survival Posted:May 03, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom

Teach Your Children Wilderness Survival

Call your kids over to watch this well-made, interesting video on wilderness survival for kids. They’ll love it! Check out more from this company at their website, Shiloh Productions . Don't miss these related posts: Make [...]

Posted:February 19, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom

Geocaching Teaches Vital Survival Skills

Your family will learn about longitude and latitude coordinates, map reading skills, the use of a compass, and much more. [...]

Posted:November 28, 2009 By:thesurvivalmom

Self-Sufficiency Reading for Kids

In case you haven’t figured this out yet, I am a complete book-aholic.  There’s nothing I love more than a library or bookstore, and Amazon is a dream come true!  A couple of clicks with the [...]

Posted:November 21, 2009 By:thesurvivalmom

Unemployed Kids vs. Self-Employed Kids

This morning I read an article about the current 52.2 percent unemployment among young people, ages 16 through 24.  Prospects for jobs certainly look dismal, especially since so many of their parents are also unemployed.  Here’s the [...]

Posted:October 29, 2009 By:thesurvivalmom

SurvivalMom Book Review: The Boy’s Book of Outdoor Survival

Pity the children of a book-aholic mom.  Every birthday and Christmas my poor kids get books.  This year I’ve been checking out survival themed books for my son.  I came across this one, The Boy’s Book [...]

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: A New Family Hobby: the Air Rifle Posted:June 24, 2009 By:thesurvivalmom

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: A New Family Hobby: the Air Rifle

If your kids are already bored and you’d love to get them involved in a fun activity that will teach them practical, lifelong skills, consider air rifles.  Also called air guns, this inexpensive hobby teaches both [...]

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP:  Survival-Savvy Kids Literature Posted:June 07, 2009 By:thesurvivalmom

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: Survival-Savvy Kids Literature

Are your kids wondering why, all of a sudden, they’re seeing buckets of wheat around the house, and Mom is reading up on how to can meat?  Our kids are already hearing about job losses, families [...]