And hark! how blithe the throstle sings!
He, too, is no mean preacher:
Come forth into the light of things,
Let Nature be your teacher.
William Wordsworth
Category: Spring
Vernal Equinox Week : Exploring Nature With Children
This week in Exploring Nature With Children is ‘Vernal Equinox Week’.
Here are some helpful links to help you along:
- Autumn Equinox explained (video) This is a really smashing explanation for the equinoxes, and is equally applicable to the vernal equinox.
- Nature Journaling: John Muir Laws & the art of slowing down, sitting still, and paying attention.
- Spring Picnic Recipes
- How to sow wild flower seeds
Happy exploring!
Spring Was Moving…
Spring was moving in the air above and in the earth below and around him…
Kenneth Grahame
Spring Pond Study Week: Exploring Nature With Children
It’s Spring Pond Study Week in Exploring Nature With Children
Here are some links to help with your nature study:
- How to draw frogs and toads : John Muir Laws
- Drawing reptile and amphibian eyes : John Muir Laws
- Frog spawn time lapse video
- The life cycle of a frog: video
- Frog applying ‘sun cream’: BBC Documentary
Happy exploring!
If Winter Comes…
If winter comes, can spring be far behind?
P.B.Shelley
I Wonder What It Would Be Like…
“I wonder what it would be like to live in a world where it was always June.”
L.M. Montgomery, Anne Of The Island
Our Nature Journals Week 24
My Herbal journal this week features Cow Parsnip, Blackberry flowers, Hawthorn, and Common Rush.
Rose has been working on her field guide again this week; she has sketched Timothy Grass, which the meadow is bursting with.
In my Calendar of Firsts this week, I recorded the Red and White Clover, and Common Sorrel.
Happy exploring!
Of All The Paths You Take In Life…
“Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.”
John Muir
Our Journals Week 23
This week in my Herbal diary, I have sketched a Dog Rose, Buttercup seed heads, White Clover, Common Sorrel, and a Common Spotted Orchid.
Rose is still learning about the animal kingdom. Here is a rare brown Panda that she sketched.
Hot and cold climates
In my Calendar of Firsts, I sketched the beautiful, fragrant Elderflowers, and some teeny strawberries.
Happy exploring!
Museum Trip Week : Exploring Nature With Children
This week in Exploring Nature With Children is ‘Museum Week’.
Here are some helpful links to get you going:
- How to raise a museum loving kid
- 10 tips from actual teens on how to survive (and enjoy) a trip to the museum.
- Questions for after your trip
Do let me know how you get on with your own butterflies!
Happy exploring!