This Fall nature study is going to be a weekly part of our homeschool... thanks to FIAR for their digital nature study.
The Five in a Row Digital Nature Studies are not just a list of activities of things to do in each season. Rather they are an encouragement for you and your children to begin a life style of becoming more observant about each season, and noticing and learning throughout the year more about the nature around you.
This past Friday we had our first nature study day. I have them schedule for every two weeks till the 1st week of fall, after that every Friday!
We went to Memorial Park, we got to walk around looking for signs of Summer and a few signs that Fall was right around the corner. Since we are learning about flying creatures this year, we paid close attention to birds and insects at the park.
Our Nature Study Club members: X6, A8 and M6!
We found a caterpillar which one day soon will become a butterfly.. or a moth...
We found a cicada... she was very much alive but had no problems letting the kids pick her up.. thanks cicada!! I still think you are creepy...
Not sure this is a flying bug, it had wings... earwig?? NASTY
Acorns!! we saw lots of squirrels after these!!When they start to bury them it will be a sign of fall!
Another sign fall is around the corner!!It's just one tree right now but you can see the leaves are starting to change color!
I forgot my camera so I had to take pics with my cell phone, which is why the pics are not as nice as they could've been. This won't happen our next time out! The kids have a nature journal where they get to draw the things they saw at the park, older kids will get to write in it as well.
