Here are some more very cool discoveries from a recent nature walk. Can you see inside the hole? The picture below this one shows the mushrooms that were growing in the hole – and they were huge even if the picture doesn’t show that very well. We wondered who enjoys this cozy little burrow. Ants…
This month’s Creation Club focus was on creeks and creek banks. Sadly, though, the creek bank was grown up more than I had imagined and we didn’t get to do nearly as much exploring as planned. For me, it didn’t matter because I can enjoy any nature walk. For the children expecting to explore a…
If you take a walk anywhere on our farm these days, you see plants covered in what looks like spit. It’s especially obvious on the stinging nettle and alfalfa plants. Caleb decided to investigate inside the spit on our recent nature walk and this is what he found. Crawling on another of the same plant…
Our Creation Club started again! And, as usual, the Lord blessed us with absolutely beautiful weather! This month’s topic turned out to be more timely than I ever imagined when planning it. I had anticipated just getting to talk about certain aspects of conifers because I assumed we couldn’t possibly find examples of every stage…
Around our house – a slug! Can you see him near the middle on the left? He’s pretty well camouflaged. We weren’t even doing nature study. We were learning about measuring the volume of an irregular shape in water when I sent the kids outside to find a few rocks for measuring. This little critter…
It got into the upper 50’s last week. Just a few days before we had been hovering around 0, so the upper 50’s was truly a heat wave! We took advantage of the warmth and headed out for a wonderful wintery walk. I say wintery because there were still icy signs all over the place. …
We have been surrounded by utter beauty this week. In the midst of taking pictures, sledding, skating on the ice covered snow, making snow cream and more, I prompted the children to squeeze in just a little learning. They had a long walk to their favorite sledding hill. I asked them to just listen for…
If you live anywhere near a pond when it freezes over, this is a great nature study activity! We headed out in the very cold wind to bring a sample of ice home from the pond. After trying to break the ice with a knife (which usually works), then a large rock (which almost always…
Lewis and Clark kept wonderfully detailed journals as they charted unknown American territory in the early 1800’s. Their journals included everything from a daily diary of events to sketches and descriptions of new plants and animals along the way to maps of the land around them. To help my children understand the scope of what…
Hubby joined in on our nature walk this week. I love when he goes because he always knows where to take us for a new adventure on the farm. This week was a walk along a creek bed on a neighboring farm that we rent. He has known about several of the secret surprises we…
(This post contains affiliate links and links to my business website, Shining Dawn Books.) It was COLD in Central KY yesterday The nature walk part of our nature study was rather short – just a quick trip down to the creek bed to collect a variety of leaves. But once we got home – the…
Our Creation Club met this October for the last time until spring to study deciduous trees. We were as busy as beavers learning and having fun together! You’ll love the easy ideas and free printable that will work for any sized group of children. This post contains affiliate links. Deciduous Trees Lesson and Activities Partner…