Teach Your Kids About Herbs (LIMITED TIME FREEBIE INCLUDED!)

Published:
April 10, 2018

Carrie Fernandez

Contributor:
Carrie

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Our family, more specifically my youngest daughter (8 years old) and myself, have a ton of food allergies and crazy-sensitive skin. We try to stick with only natural products for medicine and take a handful of supplements. When it comes to scents and perfumes, we love essential oils (don’t worry, I am not selling you anything!)

I was on Pinterest one day and saw an ad for WildCraft: A Cooperative Board Game that Explores Healing Herbs. It looked really cool, so I reached out to the company and they sent me a game set to look over. Wildcraft is suitable for ages 4 to adult and works with 1-4 players.

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Here is the description from the website:

Wildcraft! An Herbal Adventure Game is a cooperative board game that explores healing herbs. Wildcraft teaches 25 important edible and medicinal plants and their uses in mostly first aid situations (wildcrafting is the harvesting of wild plants.) 

Players learn about plants by connecting the icon on the challenge or “trouble” cards with the icons on the plant cards. If a player has a “burdock” card in their herb basket and draws a “hungry” card, then the player can turn the cards in and move to the next rest space. Though it is a cooperative game, there is plenty of strategy and drama as players travel up the mountain to the Huckleberry Patch and back to Grandma’s before nightfall. The only way to get back safely is to help each other out. However, it’s ok if you don’t make it. Grandma will come and get you. :)

Wildcraft! is a great introduction to the world of edible and medicinal herbs for children of ALL ages. It’s a beautifully illustrated, nature based, educational, cooperative game created in the tradition of the classic board games. Kids love the “Chutes and Ladders” type of play. Wildcraft! features storytelling and fosters the imagination. It’s one of the best natures games, being that it connects kids to nature. It’s an herb game and an educational game.

Wildcraft! includes a 20×20 inch game board, instructions, 4 player pieces, 52 plant cards, 52 trouble cards, 25 cooperative cards, and a spinner. It also comes with a downloadable story to enhance the story of the game. Wildcraft! is made in the U.S.A. and made with green materials. It was chosen one of the Top Natural Toys of 2008 by Mothering Magazine. One to four players, ages 4 to adult. No prior knowledge of plants or herbs is needed. No reading is required for younger players.



My daughter and I have played this game several times. She is remembering what the plants look like and the healing properties of them – and I am learning new things too! Just the other day she saw a commercial that was talking about echinacea and she remembered that it boosts the immune system and helps fight colds and flu. Yes, I was thrilled the game really helped her remember this! 

I like that it’s not a boring game and I can actually learn some things too. One of my favorite natural go-to’s for any type of sickness is oregano oil and I was super excited to learn about a supplement called Oregacillin that is much easier to take than making diluted capsules with oregano essential oil. 

If you love learning about herbs and you want to teach your children about natural herbal remedies, you should check out Herb Fairies. Herb Fairies is a children’s herbal learning system that engages kids through stories, and encourages them to learn even more by providing exciting hands-on activities. Herb Fairies empowers families to be healthier and closer to nature.  You can get Book One FREE right now!!

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Check out this free resources you can snag right now:

If you don’t know Herb Fairies yet, this 13-book series teaches kids how to use herbs.

With Herb Fairies, your kids are entertained with an epic adventure, while learning valuable life skills at the same time. You’ll form an incredible lifelong bond with your children as you learn about the healing plants and how to lead healthier lives, connected to nature.

So, for a limited time, you can get a free copy of Herb Fairies:

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Click here to get your copy of Book One

This offer won’t last long. It’s a prelaunch special before the Herb Fairies Spring Book Club opens. :-)