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Category Archives: Outdoor Hour
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: Bees… or not
Bee Theme and nature study idea courtesy of Barb’s Nature Studies… Well, similar to the week we tried to do butterflies… the bug in question was no where to be found. LOL! We spend about 20 min stumbling around the backyard. Found lots of butterflies, toads, frogs… but no bees. Was a little cooler this [...]
Posted in Homeschooling, Outdoor Hour
Nature Study: Butterflies
Today we did our second nature study of the year on Butterflies. Here are some pictures that Sam took on our walk around the yard this morning: Not sure what this one is… Bronze Copper maybe? Eastern Tailed Blue photography by Sam White Dotted Prominent? Before starting out we looked up butterflies we have seen [...]
Posted in Backyard, Homeschooling, Insects, Outdoor Hour
Seasonal Tree Observation – Summer
Here are some pictures from the Outdoor Challenge we did today. Jessie chose a Red Cedar (her favorite climbing tree) in the backyard. Sam chose an Ash… in the front yard. So I spent some time going back and forth at first. Jessie’s Red Cedar Tree Looking up the Cedar Tree Sam’s Ash Tree looking [...]
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