Summer nature walks and discoveries

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Besides our August pond studies with the Handbook of Nature Study, we’ve also enjoyed some nature walks and other discoveries. Early in the month we played in Mama Ann’s stream, which is always fun. We’ll get to do that another day this week! One morning last week we met our friend, Angie @ The One [...]

Winter Insects in One Small Square

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After lunch we set out to discover what we could find in one square foot of backyard. I handed over the yarn, the scissors and instructions to the older ones and asked they pick a spot. After clearing the lunch dishes and setting out notebook pages, I joined them outside. They had picked a square [...]