Do your children have a nature journal? Do you? I’ll admit that I’ve tried them. But first let me just tell you a little story…. So sit back……grab your coffee, and enjoy my failure for a moment. A few years ago when I first decided to homeschool, I was introduced to the idea of Nature Journals. There were so many …Read the Rest
Are you sick of owl crafts yet? Me too. Almost. Here are a couple more owl books and owl crafts to go along with your Owl Unit Studies. Don’t worry if you’re not learning about owls at the moment. Just bookmark and save :)
How can we learn about owls without dissecting some Owl puke? I know right….we’d be kicked out of the Homeschool Co-op if we tried to pull a stunt like that! (snicker) Actually, we didn’t dissect “real” owl puke, we used the synthetic stuff. We learned just as much about the dietary needs of owls, and I didn’t have to scream …Read the Rest
This little guy sure has an expression doesn’t he? He looks a bit Twitterpaited if you ask me. (That term from Bambi might have a whole new meaning now that Twitter is so popular!) The belly of this little guy provides some white space for children to write in key facts or even some poetry about owls! Here’s the Photo …Read the Rest
We picked back up with our Owl unit this week, reading “Our Wild World: Owls”. I say reading lightly because the text was a little thick for my 4 year old, but the photographs were quite awe inspiring. So much so that on the spur of the moment we decided to make a mural mosaic of one of them. We …Read the Rest
We’ll if you haven’t already figured it out from the Owl File Folder Games, or the preview of the Owl Softie I’m sewing together, we’re busy working and learning about OWLS! And you know what that means…. OWL CRAFTS! Owls are just adorable aren’t they? We started by snagging a bunch of Owl books from the library. Right off the …Read the Rest
Since we’ve been busy learning all about our little bird buddies, we decided to add in a little backyard fun to the mix! We snagged this book from the library, and have delved into the wonderful world of backyard birds. There couldn’t be a better time, I think, to be learning about them. Every morning we’ve awoken to the sweet …Read the Rest
Today we worked on a little Bird Seed Poetry. We’ve been learning about birds, starting last week with Robins, and this week with general backyard birds. We’ve been going through this adorable book called “About Birds: A Guide for Children” by Cathryn Sill. The illustrations of the birds are very detailed and “peaceful” in a sense. And for us, nothing …Read the Rest
This week we were wrapping up our learning about Robins when we stumbled across this amazing craft idea from No Time for Flashcards. And of course we just had to make our own…….it just looked too cool to pass up, and the theme was perfect for the adorable book we’ve been reading, “A Nest Full of Eggs” So last week …Read the Rest
……alot of things really. A little string, some twigs, paper scraps, leaves, napkins, Q-tips, bandaids, feathers and other random things a little Mommy bird might pick up. Today we learned all about what little birds might use to build their nests. We read through this adorable, and amazingly educational book called “A Nest Full of Eggs” by Patrica Belz Jenkins, …Read the Rest
Today we learned all about the different kinds of animals that live in trees. After learning that we have both conifers and broad-leafed trees in our yard, my children were excited to learn about the different “wild”-life that inhabited them. (lol, wild is in quotes because, really….how wild can a city squirrel get?) Anyway, I was sitting there trying to …Read the Rest
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