This summer we’ve kept up our learning adventures with a few simple backyard nature studies. This nature study is easy to set up and lets your scientists get hands-on with a simple worm observation. We started our worm observation by building our very own, very simple wormery. You can do this with any […]
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Nature Study: Going on a Bug Hunt!
Do your kids like bugs as much as mine do? For this week’s summer nature study, we’re going on a bug hunt! What’s great about this is that you don’t have to go far to go on a bug hunt. A simple trip around the backyard will provide you with a variety of creepy […]
Nature Study: Exploring Natural Clay
Are you ready to get messy? This week our Nature Study Series had us exploring natural clay! To find our clay, we headed for the local creek. The kids soon found the hard, grey rock-like lumps we were seeking. While they were interested in the fact that they could break the “rocks,” […]
Nature Study: Tadpoles
This summer we are enjoying aweekly Nature Study for Kids. The second week found us with magnifying glasses and buckets, headed to the pond to hunt for tadpoles. We are lucky enough to have a pond, which is full of tiny tadpoles each spring. Want to hunt tadpoles? Check out a local pond […]
Nature Study: Ant Observation
You know how those last couple weeks of school the kids just seem to catch spring fever? Well, this homeschooling momma caught it, too! So we decided to switch things up a bit and explore the great outdoors. We’ve been having so much fun that we plan to continue it through the summer, and […]