Showing posts with label nature journaling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nature journaling. Show all posts
Monday, October 8, 2012
Nature Club ~ McLane Creek
Last week our Nature Club met up at McLane Creek nature trail for a day of exploring and seeking out signs of fall. We spent time enjoying the trail as we moved along beaver ponds, creeks, evergreen forest, fields and deciduous forests. They had a wonderful place to head off trail a little while and explore along a creek with many fallen trees that offered great climbing. The kids had a wonderful day and Holly got in some good nature journal work!
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Nature Club ~ Seeds
Our Nature Club met up a few days back and enjoyed a fun day of learning about seeds and how they transport and seed. The kids learned about several different ways the seeds can be moved about from a presentation done by a fellow student (third grade)... he did a fantastic job!! After his presentation the kids all suited up with big fuzzy socks on the outsides of their shoes and took off for some wonderful field play and exploration.
Exploring the field was amazing! We rarely get a chance to explore an open field that has not been manicured, is mowed down or off limits - so this was a real treat! The trees in the field were wonderful for climbing as well. We found some berry patches on the outskirts of the fields along with many trails carved through. Best of all... we found SEEDS!!! Many, many seeds came back on the fuzzy socks.
After all the kids had returned we invited the kids to break out their magnifying glasses and loupes to do some observations on the socks and journal their findings. Some unique seeds were discovered along with many little burs. To finish up the kids planted their seed covered socks in pots and will now observe them to see what might grow. This was a great activity that offered a longer observation process to follow, perfect for patience with nature.
It was a very fun day!!
Exploring the field was amazing! We rarely get a chance to explore an open field that has not been manicured, is mowed down or off limits - so this was a real treat! The trees in the field were wonderful for climbing as well. We found some berry patches on the outskirts of the fields along with many trails carved through. Best of all... we found SEEDS!!! Many, many seeds came back on the fuzzy socks.
After all the kids had returned we invited the kids to break out their magnifying glasses and loupes to do some observations on the socks and journal their findings. Some unique seeds were discovered along with many little burs. To finish up the kids planted their seed covered socks in pots and will now observe them to see what might grow. This was a great activity that offered a longer observation process to follow, perfect for patience with nature.
It was a very fun day!!
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Federation Forest ~ Nature Club
Our Nature Club met all through the summer, however since I took a break from blogging I am not sharing about those outings. I so thrilled with our little group who take time to gather for bi-weekly and sometimes weekly outings, often times with a small agenda and sometimes without. This day we had no agenda but to simply BE in nature. Explore, journal, discover, learn, climb, crawl, experience, observe and ask questions. Many questions were asked, many answers were shared or looked up. The kids had a grand time!!!
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