There are some children that you can’t keep indoors. These children wake up in the morning and the first thing they do is seek out a large window and play weatherman. “Can I go outside now?”, is the mantra you’ll hear in lovely or inclement weather. The house is too confining for them. A whole …
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Nature Study :: Fungi / October 2014
This past week we worked on a fun Nature Study. I am hoping to have this turn into a fuller study, but if not, we did learn quite a bit in one afternoon and had a lot of fun. It started with fungi popping up all over our backyard, which happens every autumn and sometimes …
Nature Hike – Lots of Critters
We took advantage of a break in the rain clouds this weekend and went on a Nature Hike. Lots of critters greeted us along the way.
Butterfly Garden Field Trip
Our Homeschool Playgroup went on a field trip to the 4H Butterfly Gardens just after Easter. The presentation itself was a little below the group… there wasn’t a question the lady asked that at least half the group couldn’t answer. But everyone had a good time and enjoyed the warm sunny day in the butterfly …
Autumn Tree Nature Study
We took advantage of a beautiful afternoon yesterday and completed our Fall Tree Nature Study. We haven’t be doing any of the Handbook of Nature Study Blog Challenges since the spring and we had a lot of fun getting started again. The kids each got to pick new trees for this year. Fairy picked her …
From Caterpillar to Butterfly
We really enjoyed observing our butterflies using the Butterfly House kit Bug got for Christmas last year. I imagine we will be ordering more caterpillars in the future to repeat this project. Fairy watching the caterpillars. The caterpillars formed their chrysalis within a couple days and we moved them into their ‘house.’ All five of …
Tracks in the Snow
BRRRR! It is so cold outside right now that basically all of our Nature Studies are being done at the kitchen window. Fortunately the bird feeders really provide a lot of Nature Entertainment. When we have gotten outside over the last few weeks, we have been collecting snow track photos. I believe the above …