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I was sick (fever, chills, most of the day in bed) on the day Kathryn had her enrichment classes, but thankfully my husband and cousin both helped out to get her to and from classes. Kathryn is a very sweet and empathetic girl when someone isn’t feeling well, so she spent that afternoon quietly working [...]
One of the moms in our homeschool support group has started a sort of off-shoot group for monthly outdoor adventures that focus on the beauty of God’s creation. Yesterday was the group’s inaugural trip: canoeing on the Chestatee River in the mountains of north Georgia. That sounded like a whole lot of fun, so we [...]
It’s still really hot here in Georgia, so our nature studies are a bit shorter than they would be on a pretty fall day, but I’m determined to do them weekly — or nearly weekly, anyway! Thanks to the August edition of Barb’s “Outdoor Hour” newsletter, I decided we’d do a month-long pond-related nature study. [...]
We’ve finally started getting some goodies from the garden! These are two different types of peppers, and our first cucumber of the season. Kathryn gets a big kick out of checking each morning to see if there is anything she can pick. I have our two blueberry bushes planted right in the midst of roses [...]
I’m so glad my kids don’t grow up as fast as bird babies do. Last Monday (May 30th), we noticed that our baby robins were very nearly as big as their parents and had most of their real feathers. They finally had orange coloring showing up on their breasts, too. Can you see another little [...]
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 [...]
I think it’s about time for a garden update! We’ve been working on tidying up flower beds and making a few new non-grass areas, but I just haven’t taken pictures of all of that yet. I’ll try to do that in the next week or two. After seeing the yellow and white roses in Ken’s [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
My flower garden makes me sooooo happy in the springtime, so I want to share it with you. Although I don’t get out and work in it often enough, I feel closer to God whenever I do because He lets me have a little part in helping make things grow. I’d like to have a [...]
Once again we’re trying to get back into the habit of nature studies. It’s been too long, and Kathryn and I have missed it. I think we’ve only done one or two with Lindsey, but now that we’ve made some schedule and homeschooling changes, I’m re-implementing nature study! I rummaged around Barb’s blog to find [...]
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