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Category Archives: Nature
Nature Study: Dragonflies
Yesterday we did Barb’s Nature Study #28 on Dragonflies… and we actually found some! LOL! I think this is the first one this year where we’ve found what we were looking for. Sam noticed a trio of dragonflies and drew this: and then wrote this hiku: Warm weather brings joy and good humor as dragons [...]
Posted in Homeschooling, Nature, Outdoor Hour
Nature Study perhaps
I really need to carry a camera with me EVERYWHERE! Then I would have a picture to show you. I’ll have to make do with words… Today while walking the dog we passed an acacia-like hedge with yellow flowers all over. From this hedge came a beautiful sound… bees. Lots and lots of honey bees. [...]
Posted in Homeschooling, Nature
Green hours and good days
Monday this week we had a terrific “green hour” at Bear Creek Trail. This picture is of Sam-man. We’d call him green-man but well, the leaf isn’t green and he is… well, Sam. There were shocking red leaves , several frogs, weird mushrooms, fuzzy plants, soft moss, rough bark, sweet smells and bird sounds. I [...]
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And More
I seem to have hit on an art project Sam really likes. These are done with construction paper and an Xacto knife. We talked briefly about complimentary colors and positive/negative space. The ones on the left were done Tuesday, the other two were done today. I’m kinda enjoying this project myself. I wonder if I [...]
Fall Art Kit: Leaf Imprint Pendant
Managed to get this one, from the Fall Art Kit, done today even with a field trip in the afternoon. Our “green hour” today was spent petting barnyard animals, running willy-nilly through a hay maze, hay-riding and pumpkin picking. You can’t tell through the paint, but it is a little crispy around the edges. Sam [...]
Posted in Art, Homeschooling, Nature
Fall Art Kit: Fall Banner
Today, as promised, we did the fall banner from the Fall Art Kit. The kids were excited to use the “special markers” we bought just for this project. LOL! Yes, we have other washable markers but these were speeecciiiiaaallll. *giggle* Sam and I painted the glue solution while discusing the nature of a “solution.” (Who [...]
Posted in Art, Homeschooling, Nature
Fall Art Kit: Warm Colors Exercises
Today we did the warm colors exercises from the Fall Art Kit. This is Sam’s two efforts at the watercolor portion. I REALLY like the first one. He (as any artist) doesn’t like it. In the second one, he really enjoyed playing with the watercolors on wet paper. Oh, that’s right. This wasn’t in the [...]
Posted in Art, Homeschooling, Nature
Fall Art Kit
I purchased one of them from Hearts and Trees and we started using it today. This is my leaf rubbing with the kanji for “leaf.” I just happened to run across that kanji in Eve Kushner’s post over at Jpod101 blogs. I wonder if there’s anyway (besides the iron paper for your printer) to get [...]
Posted in Homeschooling, Nature