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| --chickweed-- |
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| --gall in which a bird has pecked a hole in order to reach the insect-- |
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| --Hickory bud-- |
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| --vine-damaged trees-- |
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| --an empty moth cocoon-- |
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| --American Beech-- |
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| --American Beech leaves and bud-- |
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| This spider was about the size of a quarter. |
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So lush and green. Looks like it was a lovely and interesting walk. Not too keen on that spider though!
ReplyDeleteLovely pics. I wonder if you would share a few tips about making a group nature study work. A friend and I have a group of about 10 kids and four families, but we are still muddling our ways through especially when it comes to the nature notebooks.
ReplyDeleteCan you share any advice of what works for your group?
Thanks!
mobmom,
ReplyDeleteFor this particular group, we have hired a park ranger that one of the moms knows and who is very familiar with several area parks. He has agreed to meet us once a month (on his own time). We are paying him $3 per child with a $9 family cap. He sometimes has a theme for things he plans to cover during the walk, but often it is the unexpected things we see that prove most interesting. ;)
This group is very informal. During our time together we just walk around, listen and ask questions, play, and picnic. If anyone brings a notebook (as seen in one of these photos) it is because he wants to. I never require my own son to nature journal, as I wouldn't want anyone requiring me to do it. When he and I go on walks by ourselves, we will sometimes sit down together and draw something in our journals--or sometimes I will on my own, or sometimes he will on his own. Of course there are a hundred different ways to handle the notebooks--this is just what has worked for us so far.
The biggest tips I would give for a group nature study are to keep it as informal as possible, allow the children plenty of time to run and play, and try to keep the group small.
Hope this helps a little! Good luck! :)
All of this beauty and wonder in one day?!
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