Category: homeschool
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Up-close robin nature study
For as long as I can remember, I have watched birds, read about birds, and watched documentaries about birds. I made my first bird list when I was twelve as I spent hours poring over a 1982 edition of the Reader’s Digest North American Wildlife guide. I still own that book, though it’s looking rather…
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Nature Study: Robin Nest & Babies
A few weeks ago, we noticed that a bird was building a nest in our back porch. We guessed at what kind it might be since we hadn’t seen the actual birds in process of building. I had guessed some sort of sparrow, but we soon saw that it was a robin pair who had…
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Weekly Report: Week 33
This week was busy, but I feel like we got a lot accomplished — and that’s always a good feeling! Lots of informal nature study this week included more butterfly watching and releasing our butterflies. We’ve also been watching a mama robin sitting on her nest on our back porch. Several fledgling baby birds, including…
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Releasing Our Butterflies
We kept our butterflies about a week and a half after they emerged from their chrysalises, but we wanted to let them go before their short life span ended. Painted Lady butterflies, like we have, live an average of two to four weeks. The day before we released them, we noticed at least one pair…
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A Week of Butterfly Nature Study
This week our main focus was butterflies! Sure, we did math, history readings, vocabulary, and all the other necessary subjects, but mostly, we watched butterflies. Two weeks ago, we had caterpillars. Kathryn was fascinated with them. The rest of us were pretty amazed at how fast they grew! After about a week, they turned into…