The Green Hour Challenge this week was particularly fun: picking wildflowers, studying them up close, learning all their parts, cutting them open.We stopped at the top of our mountain pass to pick the only wildflowers blooming right now – Bush Sunflowers. They smell wonderful, sort of a mix between sagebrush and savory. The girls all […]
Green Hour Activity #12 – Focus on Garden Flowers
We had great success in planting a flower garden from seed last year. So we were excited to do last week’s Green Hour Challenge to plant some flowers from seed. While we were busy preparing the bed, tilling the soil, weeding, etc. this toad hopped onto Bon Bon’s leg and scared her half to death. […]
Green Hour Activity #11 – Year Long Tree Study
I’m a little behind in posting this. We completed this activity two weeks ago. For this Green Hour Challenge the girls each choose a tree to “adopt” for the year, observing its changes throughout each season. The three younger girls all chose the same tree. This is their “swinging” tree. Notice all the blue twine […]
Green Hour Activity #10 – Going on a Picnic
Lucky for us the Green Hour Activity this week just happened to coincide with the homeschool field trip to the Safe Haven Wildlife Rescue Shelter. There were about 32 kids in our group with a great range of ages and grades. The folks at the shelter were wonderful and had activities all prepared for the […]
Green Hour Activity #8 & #9 – Up Close and Personal
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 […]