Herb Fairies

JoyGal · 04-17-2014, 12:07 PM

We are going to give this a try, I think it looks great! I have a friend who's done it and loves it too. Registration is only open 5 days a year, it closes on Saturday April 19.

Anyone else try this or want to with me?

http://www.herbfairies.com

BarefootBetsy · 04-17-2014, 12:30 PM

How much does it cost?

Punkie · 04-17-2014, 12:34 PM

I've signed my girls up.

They really want to do it, and I went back and forth about it last year.

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Originally Posted by BarefootBetsy

How much does it cost?

It is one payment of $97 for the 13 months.

sweetpeas · 04-17-2014, 12:37 PM

LOOOOVVVEEEE Herb Fairies!!!!!!

We got it the first year it was available, and we're going back through it this year, Lina's on the young side, but listening along this time

Hopetobe · 04-17-2014, 01:33 PM

Wow, that looks pretty neat. My kids are probably too young for much of it (ds is 3, dd is almost 1), but I'd love to do it in the future. Does anyone know the ages it's designed for, offhand?

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sweetpeas · 04-17-2014, 01:47 PM

I don't remember what ages, if any, they recommend. Lina just turned 5 and is enjoying the stories. She would have been 3 when we first got it and wasn't interested, but she grew up with me reading to the big girls soo much, it's taking her awhile to realize that some of what I read (or audio books we listen to) might actually be interesting to her too! I think by soon after their 4th birthday, Lexie and Ashlyn would have enjoyed these stories . . . They were 9 the first time we went through it, and LOVED it all . . . but, at least that year, it felt like the stories came out a little too late for us . . . so the first story is about Chickweed, and it was at the end of it's season when we got the first story. This year we're listening to the audiobooks earlier (not sure if that's an option when you first subscribe though? I got it the first year it came out, so we didn't have access to all the books, they added another one in each month) and then the plan was, as soon as we actually found the chickweed in our yard, to revisit the recipes and stuff, but we FINALLY found it this week and we're in the midst of Passover and getting ready to be gone this weekend, so that'll all have to wait till we get home).

JoyGal · 04-17-2014, 01:50 PM

Yay!

They also have a new payment plan of three monthly payments of $37.

Punkie · 04-17-2014, 01:50 PM

They're targeted for 5-12, although they said 20% bought it for kids under 5 and 20% bought it for themselves as adults.

Punkie · 04-17-2014, 05:26 PM

My kids started the first book today. They've already found chickweed in our yard and are starting the recipes. It is really fun.

tempus vernum · 04-17-2014, 05:35 PM

hmmm... We just discussed doing plants and botany this summer

sweetpeas · 04-17-2014, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Punkie

My kids started the first book today. They've already found chickweed in our yard and are starting the recipes. It is really fun.

Yay!

We're anxiously awaiting the end of Unleavened bread to try the chickweed grilled cheese sandwich recipe, even my "I hate grilled cheese" child, wants to try it!

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Originally Posted by SonshineMama

hmmm... We just discussed doing plants and botany this summer

This would definitely fit in with that!

amanda1 · 04-19-2014, 06:32 AM

So glad to see this post. I'm still debating (I have until midnight) whether or not to purchase these books. My kids don't think they'd like it, but they did like the rainbow fairies books we found at the library, and these sound very similar to those, but also include other curriculum options. I would really like for my kids to learn about edible wild plants,and feel this would be an easy way to do it.

SillyMommy · 04-19-2014, 07:40 AM

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Originally Posted by JoyGal

Yay!

They also have a new payment plan of three monthly payments of $37.

THANK YOU!! I totally missed that. I am SO doing this!!

tigerlily · 04-19-2014, 01:11 PM

Ohhh, I just don't know.

I could use it as part of our science, but I probably couldn't justify buying anything else for science for the rest of the year.

I told older dd about and she's on board.

Curious if others have printed it -- anybody have info on what the cost was of printing what you wanted per month?

MrsDuck · 04-19-2014, 02:02 PM

This looks awesome. I think I'll wait until ds2 is a little older, though, so they both get something out of it. It sounds like you get access for one year, right? I'd also love to know about having the books printed if anyone knows. Now how to remember this for next year or the year after....

04-17-2014, 12:07 PM	#1
JoyGal Rose Garden Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 5,570	Herb Fairies We are going to give this a try, I think it looks great! I have a friend who's done it and loves it too. Registration is only open 5 days a year, it closes on Saturday April 19. Anyone else try this or want to with me? http://www.herbfairies.com __________________ . Before you were conceived I wanted you. Before you were born I loved you. Before you were an hour, I would give my life for you. This is the miracle of life. ~ Maureen Hawkins My Hygge Page

04-17-2014, 12:30 PM	#2
BarefootBetsy Rose Garden "You are on the path...exactly where you are meant to be." Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Seeking Simplicity Posts: 12,684	Re: Herb Fairies How much does it cost? __________________ Barefooting through life with dh (2003), dd1 (11/05), dd2 (7/07), dd3 (11/09), and ds (8/13). Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any views or opinions presented in the above posts are solely those of BarefootBetsy, the GCM member, and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of anyone else in the entire world.

04-17-2014, 12:37 PM	#4
sweetpeas Rose Trellis Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,318	Re: Herb Fairies LOOOOVVVEEEE Herb Fairies!!!!!! We got it the first year it was available, and we're going back through it this year, Lina's on the young side, but listening along this time __________________ Busy Homeschooling Mom to 3 Sweetpeas: Lexie & Ashlyn 16 yr old twins and Lina, 9 Virtual Accountant and Bookkeeper in my "spare time"

04-17-2014, 01:33 PM	#5
Hopetobe Rose Garden Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: "Sun, sun, sun, sunny day" Posts: 3,844	Re: Herb Fairies Wow, that looks pretty neat. My kids are probably too young for much of it (ds is 3, dd is almost 1), but I'd love to do it in the future. Does anyone know the ages it's designed for, offhand? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ Probably on my phone, and Andrea INTP, DYT 4/1 Wife to B ~9yrs Mom to E 3yo & L 1yo 10/13/09

04-17-2014, 01:47 PM	#6
sweetpeas Rose Trellis Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,318	Re: Herb Fairies I don't remember what ages, if any, they recommend. Lina just turned 5 and is enjoying the stories. She would have been 3 when we first got it and wasn't interested, but she grew up with me reading to the big girls soo much, it's taking her awhile to realize that some of what I read (or audio books we listen to) might actually be interesting to her too! I think by soon after their 4th birthday, Lexie and Ashlyn would have enjoyed these stories . . . They were 9 the first time we went through it, and LOVED it all . . . but, at least that year, it felt like the stories came out a little too late for us . . . so the first story is about Chickweed, and it was at the end of it's season when we got the first story. This year we're listening to the audiobooks earlier (not sure if that's an option when you first subscribe though? I got it the first year it came out, so we didn't have access to all the books, they added another one in each month) and then the plan was, as soon as we actually found the chickweed in our yard, to revisit the recipes and stuff, but we FINALLY found it this week and we're in the midst of Passover and getting ready to be gone this weekend, so that'll all have to wait till we get home). __________________ Busy Homeschooling Mom to 3 Sweetpeas: Lexie & Ashlyn 16 yr old twins and Lina, 9 Virtual Accountant and Bookkeeper in my "spare time"

04-17-2014, 01:50 PM	#7
JoyGal Rose Garden Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 5,570	Re: Herb Fairies Yay! They also have a new payment plan of three monthly payments of $37. __________________ . Before you were conceived I wanted you. Before you were born I loved you. Before you were an hour, I would give my life for you. This is the miracle of life. ~ Maureen Hawkins My Hygge Page

04-17-2014, 01:50 PM	#8
Punkie Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 20,092	Re: Herb Fairies They're targeted for 5-12, although they said 20% bought it for kids under 5 and 20% bought it for themselves as adults. __________________ GCM Admin and Moderator in Questions About the Message Board, Drawing Closer, Let's Talk, Weight Management, In the News, and Electronics. Homeschooling mom to 4, certified herbalist, homesteader, and overly ambitious crafter

04-17-2014, 05:26 PM	#9
Punkie Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 20,092	Re: Herb Fairies My kids started the first book today. They've already found chickweed in our yard and are starting the recipes. It is really fun. __________________ GCM Admin and Moderator in Questions About the Message Board, Drawing Closer, Let's Talk, Weight Management, In the News, and Electronics. Homeschooling mom to 4, certified herbalist, homesteader, and overly ambitious crafter

04-17-2014, 05:35 PM	#10
tempus vernum Rose Garden I am the mountain. I am not the storm and the storm is not me. -Ian Cron Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 28,913	Re: Herb Fairies hmmm... We just discussed doing plants and botany this summer __________________ ~Spring always comes after winter~ 2 Corinthians 4:16 “ Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. ”

04-19-2014, 06:32 AM	#12
amanda1 Climbing Rose Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,439	Re: Herb Fairies So glad to see this post. I'm still debating (I have until midnight) whether or not to purchase these books. My kids don't think they'd like it, but they did like the rainbow fairies books we found at the library, and these sound very similar to those, but also include other curriculum options. I would really like for my kids to learn about edible wild plants,and feel this would be an easy way to do it. __________________ Devoted wife, dd#1 - 5/03, missing baby - 2/06, dd#2 - 2/07. I am truly blessed.

04-19-2014, 01:11 PM	#14
tigerlily Rose Garden Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Into the sky, all the way out. Posts: 7,377	Re: Herb Fairies Ohhh, I just don't know. I could use it as part of our science, but I probably couldn't justify buying anything else for science for the rest of the year. I told older dd about and she's on board. Curious if others have printed it -- anybody have info on what the cost was of printing what you wanted per month? __________________ Hi! I'm Robin married 13 years to my best friend mama to two ~ 9 & 6 years old ‎"Don't they teach recreational maths anymore?" ~The Doctor

04-19-2014, 02:02 PM	#15
MrsDuck Rose Bouquet Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 714	Re: Herb Fairies This looks awesome. I think I'll wait until ds2 is a little older, though, so they both get something out of it. It sounds like you get access for one year, right? I'd also love to know about having the books printed if anyone knows. Now how to remember this for next year or the year after.... __________________ ****************** Mrs Duck Blessed to be a Stay at Home-schooling Mama to: DS1 - Snugglebug - Nov. '08 DS2 - Wiggles - May '12

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