Snow!

We woke up this morning to a beautiful blanket of snow on the ground.  We had fun spending our Saturday morning playing in the snow and shoveling our neighbor's sidewalk.  Aren't the holly berries beautiful?!

1/19/12 Tinicum

Yesterday we went to the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum,  Tinicum for short.  At Tinicum we made lap books on vertebrates.  First we cut out pictures of Mammals, Amphibians, Reptiles, Fish, and Birds.  Then arranged them in a file folder. After that we went on a Nature walk around the Refuge.  We spotted many birds including a few Carolina Wrens ( All About Birds - Carolina Wren   and  Carolina Wren call) and some Robins All About Birds - Robin.  There were no amphibians, reptiles or fish to be seen because the water was frozen and the tempature was in between 20-30degrees. Take a look at our pictures!

Another Trip

On October 14th we went to Sugartown Strawberries for Nature club. 
When we got there the sky was very cloudy.  As you can see from the pictures we had a lot of fun studying the clouds and opening pumpkins.  We studied the seeds, outer shell, and inner core.  After about 45min.  it started to rain.  All of the kids ran to the cart that had an awning to shelter us.  The rain was pelting the awning really hard.  It was pouring off the edges like a huge waterfall.  After that we went on a hayride to pick some pumpkins. We had a lot of fun on that adventure!  

Our Trip to Indian Orchards

Beehive

 On October 6th our Nature club went to Indian Orchards.  We got a tour of their orchard, tasty and sour apples to try and a look at their beehive.  Afterwards some of us picked apples.  The picture on the left top is a picture of the beehive that we saw.  We couldn't go to close or the bees would sting.  Honey bees only sting once and die after the sting.  They sting if they think that they are in danger.  After that we went on a tour of the orchards looking at ripe or rotten apples.  we also learned a little bit about other kinds of fruit like pears, and apricots.  For our payment all of the kids had to weed the blueberry bushes.  There was a lot of debris around the plants so we were pulling pretty hard.Over all this trip was lots of fun.

Rotten apple with a fly on it.

Paying for our tour

Our First Nature Outing ~ Haverford College

On September 15, 2011 our Nature Club had it's official beginning.  Even though the weather was questionable, we had over 30 people attend. We walked on a path with muddy parts and a few bridges.  This picture was taken of a frog that was nestled under the roots of a huge fallen tree. This is a picture of the group in front of  the tree.  Just the roots its self were probably 12 feet high. We were gaping as we came around the bend.

A frog nestled in the roots of a huge fallen tree.

Whats It About?

This is a Blog where you will get to see our experience of nature using Charlotte Mason's method of books and exploration.  We use lots of recommended books and curriculum from Ambleside Online.  Any ages of kids and adults join us for our field-trips to arboretums, creeks, and houses to study nature.  If its indoors or outdoors we are learning about something in Gods beautiful creation.