Category: NATURE
mornings at home
| October 14, 2011 | Posted by nancy under LEARN, NATURE |
It’s mornings like these that make me appreciate my time at home with my children and our freedom to learn and play. It started with a turtle sighting, then moved on to the many mushrooms that have sprouted due to all the rain we’ve had lately, then we identified the turtle and learned what he… more
autumn fun
| October 13, 2011 | Posted by nancy under LEARN, NATURE |
Family Fun has great ideas for autumn. Erin picked out a craft that was really kid friendly. It is a trail tote, made out of an egg carton. (We still have some leftover from our chicken farming experience.) You basically paint the sections different colors, then you go out and collect things in nature to… more
moving in
| May 26, 2011 | Posted by nancy under NATURE |
some of you may remember the bluebird box i posted about a while back that my dad made and the boys and i painted. we’ve had it for 2 years and never put i up because we found out that you should not paint a bluebird box blue. we figured they would not use it.… more
web in progress
| October 21, 2010 | Posted by nancy under NATURE |
Web in progress, originally uploaded by emerald lane. This “crab like” spider is called a Spiny Orb-Weaver. The kids and I, along with my sister and her crew, just learned about this guy at one of our local parks. It has a nice little nature center that is staffed with a Naturalist. She is full… more
