http://www.mombotv.com Dedicated to the dance of motherhood..... Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:42:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last week, I had an opportunity to attend EXPO West, the premier trade show for the natural products industry.  With more than 53,000 attendees decending upon the Anaheim Convention Center, EXPO is usually buzzing with the latest and greatest in healthy, natural, organic and fairly traded products.  This year, did not ... http://www.mombotv.com/2010/03/18/our-favorite-finds-from-expo-west/ The Office of Minority Health has published statistics highlighting a crisis of maternal and child health.  Mothers of African descent in America have the highest rates of infant mortality--with a rate that is 2.3 times the rate of non-hispanic whites.  (view the report) http://tinyurl.com/ygtuawl MOMbo TV is committed to supporting initiatives ... http://www.mombotv.com/2010/03/17/maternal-and-child-health-in-context-babies-of-african-descent/ The Hamilton Children's Garden is the largest interactive children's garden on the West Coast.  Located within the San Diego Botanical Gardens, Hamilton offers children a fun multi-sensory learning experience.  With plenty of places to climb, crawl through, smell and listen, the garden does a great job of engaging young children in the study ... http://www.mombotv.com/2010/02/09/the-hamilton-childrens-garden-san-diego-botanical-gardens/ We had an opportunity to spend some time at the Environmental Learning Center in Vero Beach, FL.  This is a wonderful resource for families looking to enjoy a bit of Florida's natural habitat.  The Center offers a wealth of information that can be taken home--books, pamphlets, coloring pages..Definitely worth a ... http://www.mombotv.com/2010/02/02/the-environmental-learning-center-vero-beach-fl/ At The Little Village Home Preschool, science is usually fun.  We took a trip recently to the California Science Center.....where the girls were able to play and learn. http://www.mombotv.com/2009/12/23/a-science-day-at-the-little-village/ This week on MOMbo TV, we're taking a look at the Blackfeet Indian Reservation and the challenge of juvenile justice. http://www.mombotv.com/2009/11/24/native-justice-children-of-the-blackfeet/ It's National Collection Week for Operation Christmas Child!  This Christmas, 'goody-filled' shoeboxes will be delivered to needy children around the world.  An outreach of Samaritan's Purse, Operation Christmas Child aims to demonstrate God's love in a tangible way to children across the globe.  MOMbo TV had an opportunity to attend an artdate ... http://www.mombotv.com/2009/11/16/national-collection-week-november-16-23/ Last week we took some time to explore the city of St. Louis.  One of our most favorite finds was the City Museum in Dowtown.  The girls had an amazing time exploring the urban setting.  This is by far one of the best (and certainly most interesting) spaces for children ... http://www.mombotv.com/2009/11/12/city-museum-downtown-st-louis/ We are so excited to present our third episode of The Playdate! For this one, MOMbo TV teamed up with Mothers Acting Up and 1Sky for a bit of art and activism.  We packed up the girls and headed to Boulder, CO.....It turned out to be a most amazing experience!!  We hope that ... http://www.mombotv.com/2009/10/15/the-playdate-mothers-acting-up-and-1sky/ This week at The Little Village home preschool, we studied Kenya....our country of the week.  We would love at some point to travel back to Africa to do development work (ideally, building proper preschools)... but in the meantime...we're following along with the YWAM calendar and devoting a bit of study ... http://www.mombotv.com/2009/10/10/this-week-at-the-little-village-home-preschoolkenya/