As always, Spring has been teasing us by popping it's head up for a few beautiful days, only to hide again behind cold and grey weather. But each time it comes it leaves a little more color behind, which of course means we are outside doing some long-awaited "signs of Spring" nature studies. Yippee!
We've been studying the nesting habits of birds in our Apologia science study this week, so we went on a nest hunt around the farm.
Which inspired us to try to make our own nests...
...it was much harder than we thought it would be,
but with a lot of diligence, the kids ended up with nests they were proud of. But we all agreed it would have been easier with the nest-building instincts God gave birds.
On another day we went hunting for signs of Spring...
(one of my favorite kind of treasure hunts)
Barb, over at Handbook of Nature Study, has a bunch of great Spring Outdoor Challenges, which give us a good excuse to "do school" outside when we just can't stand being indoors for one more second.
See what others are doing today around the world at the Communal Global link-up.
14 comments:
You are a good teacher : )
I am excited for all the things you share and teach the kids.
You are all sorts of awesome.
It looks like spring! The color is what strikes me the most when I look at photos of spring...we are so color deprived in the winter aren't we?
Sigh...feels good. Thank you so much for sharing your link with the OHC...always a pleasure.
Spring has been playing hide-and-seek here in Germany, too. I love the hands-on activities you do with your children.
Love all the photos! =)
Your photos of the blossoms blew me away! Beautiful. (Oh, and Fyi-I used to build nests ALL THE TIME out of the hay rolls in the fields that surrounds us when I was a kid in the summer! It was so fun! :)
Lovely spring shots!
I can't believe all the beautiful flowers you have! Wow! My kids have tried to make nests before too. It is hard, isn't it?
I would love to have you for a teacher for my kids! I love the shots.. gorgeous captures of spring. =)
Love the work you are doing with the kids. Spring has definitely arrived in your part of the world.
I just LOVE all your spring pictures! Can't wait til it looks like that here.
So beautiful! I loved seeing what spring looks like in your part of the world right now...we still have snow!
Great post!!! Really great post!!! I think it is fantastic that you tried to make nests on your own. So sweet to see the children so into their studies and trying so hard with their nests.
carissa
Great, great post!
I completely love all the nest photos! I love how your children made their own. What a great idea.
You have such a sweet and lovely blog!
Love the nest building. I have tried that a few times with kids....it is not so easy. Those little birds really have know how.
What an absolutely terrific idea--making birds nests. I can't wait to try it out!
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