“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Category: Spring
Our Nature Journals Week 22
We have had some glorious weather this week, and some heavy grey skies. The meadow is bursting with Buttercups!
I painted in my journal the Old English full moon names, and the moon phases.
Rose has been learning about animal classification. Here are her pages this week:
Reptiles
Birds
Mammals.
In my Calendar of Firsts this week, I painted the Blackberry flowers, one of our Painted Lady butterflies, and recorded that it is Whitsun.
Happy exploring!
Our Nature Journals ~ Week 21
The meadow is so pretty right now! I painted the Horse Chestnut flowers, which are slowly on their way out, Ribwort Plantain, and Ivy.
Our nature group explored a little of the local history of our nature spot this week, and Rose sketched a scene from life in the middle ages.
For my Calendar of Firsts, I cheated little, and I sketched our new kitten. We have been struggling so much with his names, so I recored some of the names we have toyed with! I also recored that it was Ascension Day, and the new moon.
Happy exploring!
Phenology Wheels In May
Back in January, we began to keep phenology wheels to record not only the changes in the natural world, but also the festivals of the liturgical year that we celebrate.
Here are our entries for May. A in previous months, Rose worked on her entry whilst I read from the May chapter of Roald Dhal My Year.
Rose sketched a wild bunny, and as today is Ascension Day, she sketched clouds to represent the festival.
I sketched the Hawthorn, which to me, is the flower of May! I copied Rosie’s idea of clouds for Ascension Day.
Our Phenology Wheel posts for the year:
Butterfly Week : Exploring Nature With Children
This week in Exploring Nature With Children is ‘Butterfly Week’.
Here are some helpful links to get you going:
Do let me know how you get on with your own butterflies!
Happy exploring!
Our Nature Journals : Week 20
The meadow this week is bursting with Buttercups! I painted the nettles, Red Campion, Meadow Buttercups, and Red Clover.
My notes on the Nettles came from the beautiful & informative blog of Lucinda Warner, a herbalist who blogs at Whispering Earth.
Rose sketched and labelled an Ash branch for her Field Guide this week. We had to agree to disagree on her choice of leaf margin 😉
In my Calendar of Firsts I recorded the Rosemary that is flowering in my garden, and a wee Brown-Lipped Snail that was walking along my path.
What is happening in your wee corner of the world?
Garden Ant Week : Exploring Nature With Children
This week in Exploring Nature With Children is ‘Garden Ant Week’.
Here are some helpful links to get you going:
- Ants in the garden; the benefits of ants
- Label the ant anatomy printable
- Ant life cycle printable
- Flying ant day video
Do let me know how you get on.
Happy exploring!
In The Spring . . .
In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt ~ Margaret Atwood
Our Nature Journals : Week 19
This week has been gloriously sun-shiny; perfect English weather! Everywhere is bursting with life.
In my meadow journal I painted Dandelion seed heads, Curly dock, Meadow Fescue, Sweet Vernal Grass, Alder, and the Alder Leaf Beetle, which was actually thought to be extinct in the UK until a few years ago.
Our caterpillars arrived this week, so Rose chose to sketch on in her journal. I adore the sweet simplicity, but accuracy of her sketch!
In my Calendar of Firsts, I recored the full Milk Moon, and the flowering Holly tree in the garden.
What is happening in nature where you live?
Caterpillars Week Two: Exploring Nature With Children
This week in Exploring Nature With Children is part two of ‘Caterpillars Week’.
Here are some helpful links to get you going:
- What is the difference between a Chrysalis & a Cocoon?
- Monarch butterfly metamorphosis
- Some fun; A caterpillar ordering & sequencing game
Do let me know how you get on.
Happy exploring!