Entries Tagged as ‘Nature’
February 10, 2009
Birds of a Feather….
Birds of a feather stick together. That’s right – the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society are asking families, students, and people of all ages to help make an important contribution to conservation. Come join the12th annual Great Backyard Bird Count(GBBC), February 13-16, 2009.
“The Great Backyard Bird Count benefits both birds and people. [...]
February 6, 2009
I Lichen You Very Much!
Well, this whole new enthusiasm thing seems to be contagious! Today we went for another nature walk, but this time our group of young botonists grew from two to seven! This time we ventured a little further from home, to a local city park. We were on the hunt for birds, but the kids were so enthusiastic that [...]
February 5, 2009
A Winter Nature Walk
Well, after taking my first dose of my newly prescribed fresh enthusiasm, we had a fantastic day! We did many things differently, enough to write a few new posts about, but the highlight of the day was taking off outside and reacquainting ourselves with “the nature walk”. Armed with notebooks, pencils, binoculars and field guides [...]
October 29, 2008
Wordless Wednesday
Not entirely wordless, but inspirational nonetheless. A fun way to inspire poetry writing with the kids – get out those photos and let their imagination loose!
July 29, 2008
What’s Growing?
Wow, I can’t believe it’s been almost three weeks since I posted. What can I say? It’s summer after all! Even though we’re on summer holidays, I will try to continue to bore entertain you with a new post at least once a week.
I had mentioned in a previous post, that we were building a [...]
