Reflections on a nature study approach we used.
We’ve been looking for mushrooms for weeks! No mushrooms! Not good, since we’ve been trying to study them this semester. Talking with my young student a couple of weeks ago, we got on the topic of the missing mushrooms. “Could it be because of the drought?” I asked. He shrugged, “They need moistness.” “I guess … More The Missing Mushrooms
Here comes the foam moving up the beach, first in flat white sheets, then piling up into cloud-like banks! Sometimes you gotta stop and feel the foam! This egret was headed down to see the foam piling up… so we followed. What at first seemed kinda gross ended up being, in the words of my … More Stop and Feel the Foam
Clouds are the spice of our outdoor lives. Clouds bring shade on ridiculously hot summer days. They bring rain sometimes. They bring interest and color to your day as you gaze upon them from your yard. They give you a medium to work with to imagine monsters and animals in their cotton ball – like … More Clouds!
Breathe! Deep breath… in. Deep cleanse…out. When school has wrapped up for the year and baseball season is over and the last end-of-the-season party has finished and the final honors night has been attended, breathing is something you can do again. It’s not like you couldn’t breathe before, its just that you had to do shallow breathing! … More Breathing on the Tugaloo!
Black Eyed Susans One joy that we have encountered in Nature Study is identifying and examining the various summer flowers that pop up in August and September. Last September, I was walking through a boggy area near our home and discovered a small patch of Black Eyed Susans. The next day, I brought the boys … More Black Eyed Susans
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