I know we skipped the Green Hour Activities #2 – #7. We’ve actually done some of them without even knowing it. Last week we combined Activities #8 and #9. Each girl marked off their own square foot of ground to observe. It’s amazing how much life there is down there amongst the grass, weeds, and dirt! I forgot to take pictures because I was so enthralled in helping the little ones investigate their own little patches. Fudge and Cookie kept their interest rather well even taking time to draw in their nature journals.
Then a butterfly made its appearance. The rest of their time was spent chasing the butterfly around. The older girls at first glance thought the butterfly was a Monarch. I was sure it wasn’t. I did manage to get a good picture and the next day we looked it up on the computer. It’s called a painted lady.
We brought along our magnifying lens to really get up close and personal with the various plants and insects. Here’s the best photo I was able to take of a tumbleweed. Those things hurt!
My wonderful mother-in-law sent some books from her collection for us to use along with our Nature walks and journaling. She sent the Handbook of Nature Study, Keeping a Nature Journal, and Wild Days. What treasures! I think I’ll have to write a review of them in another post.
Very cool magnifying glass picture!
I bought myself Keeping a Nature Journal for Christmas. And recently added the Handbook of Nature Study to our library. They are both wonderful. I find myself looking up things in the Handbook all the time. I will have to look for and find that third one.
I love to see your girls using those cute nature journals. I need to do better and bringing our along with us on our nature excursions.
I love the tumbleweed picture! Mine have kind of lost interest in drawing in the nature journals. We’re still doing the challenges though and having fun.
ooh ooh! So many good things! 🙂
That’s the butterfly our caterpillars are morphing into.
The magnifying glass picture is fantastic!
I’m looking forward to your book review. 🙂
–sonja
Your butterfly picture is much better than mine. Now I have to go figure out if mine was a painted lady or a monarch!
You know, I’ve heard that you can sell tumble weeds. I hit one when driving once. It was 3 feet high and was so hard to get out of my front grill.
How you got lucky enough to get that butterfly picture is beyond me. It is lovely.
Love the magnifying glass picture! Those things look like they hurt!
yep that magnifying pic is great
That magnifying photo is FANTASTIC!!!
Ditto on the magnifying glass photo. I am also so jealous of your butterfly picture. I took some today, but they didn’t turn out anywhere near as nice.
It is amazing how much you see when you get down on your hands and knees and really look! I was reading a book and it was talking about how there is no such thing as a “vacant lot” and now I know what the author meant. There is an abundance of life all around us when we look.
Great photos, your girls are adorable working on their drawings.
Barb-Harmony Art Mom
I love these pictures. The whole Green Hour idea seems really interesting. My girls aren’t old enough for nature journals but every step outside is a natural exploration. I am thinking that maybe I need to do this.
I love the photo through the magnifying glass. Great idea!
I just love the photo of your girls at work! Also, that magnifying glass picture is just so cool!
~Chrissy