Tag: nature study
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Nature Study: Cattails in Winter
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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Nature Study: Signs of Autumn
A nature study at last! Woohoo! I finally feels like fall here in our neck of the woods, so yesterday we took a little nature walk and looked for signs of autumn. As we walked along, Kathryn said the sunshine along with the cool weather made her feel like running and skipping and dancing. So…
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Field Trip: Honeybees!
Yesterday we had an indoor field trip/nature study about honeybees. A local beekeeper named Brian, who does presentations at many area schools, came to our church for our homeschool group. He did a great job! We have studied bees before, but Kathryn and I both learned so much! In Roman times, honey was worth it’s…
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My Summer Garden
We aren’t doing formal nature studies right now, but even a trip to the mailbox provides a trip through furiously blooming flowers, busy bees, and fluttering butterflies, like this swallowtail on a purple butterfly bush (aka buddleia). Ken’s birthflower, the gladiola, is so named because it resembles a sword; the Latin word gladiolus means sword….
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Weekly Wrap-Up: Early Days of Summer
This just felt like a week that needed a weekly wrap-up, even though we are taking a summer break from school. We did an unplanned nature study on balloon flowers (a.k.a. Chinese bell flowers). Lindsey has deemed them one of her favorite varieties of flowers, because they are a pretty purple color, and because they…