Insect Shield Bandanas

While I was visiting a friend this summer I discovered Insect Shield Bandanas that can be worn to ward off insects.  I have just placed an order for some for our family that we will be wearing to Nature Club.  I thought I'd send along the link in case others are interested.  I just don't like to wear hats and my husband (rightly so) insists that we all cover our heads while we are out in the woods.  I think this will be a great option!

ExOfficio Insect Shield Bandana

Sloggers Insect Shield Bandana

Haverford College Arboretum

 

 Hi Guys,

How are you doing? We had a lot of fun at the Haverford Arboretum!!  We walked along the path in our groups studying different things from Nature.  We had a scavenger hunt check list so that if you found something like an acorn, a helicopter leaf, or a squirrel bearing a nut.  Many of you found the first two and others but we were a little too noisy to spot the squirrel!  Did you see the HUGE fallen tree at one of the curves in the path?!  As you can see it is larger then most 

                                         of the adults in the picture to the right.  I hope you had fun!!!

Nature Club fun!

Are you excited to start school?  Are you excited to start Nature Club again?  Well, I am and I hope you are too.  We have a big group this year so it will be twice the fun!!  We will be splashing in the creek again, building our forts, gathering around the campfire, making fairy houses, drawing in our Nature Journals, and just having fun!

One of the new things we will be doing is writing in our Nature Journals more.  We will have set times to study things you see and write them down.

Another fun thing we will be doing is building small houses for fairys and elfs to stay in.  You can use any natural material you want as long as it is not alive or artifical.  Here are a few houses I made with my cousins on Macworth Island in Maine.  There they have a whole city of houses!

 

 

Have fun!!

Blue Moon Tonight

Look at the night sky and you will see a full moon, the second this month ( the first was August 2). Two full moons in the same month occur just once every 2.5 years or so. QUT astrophysicist Dr Stephen Hughes said we had a full moon on August 2 and the next on August 31, the blue moon, will make two "squeezed" into one month. "Blue Moons occur only about seven times in 19 years—that's about once every two-and-a-half years," Dr Hughes said. "A bit like the leap year, a blue moon happens as a calendar catch-up because it takes the moon about 27 and a half days to go round the earth and since this is less than the number of days in a calendar month, two full moons can sometimes occur in a single month...
Dr Hughes said a blue moon was not coloured blue although the moon could appear blue when there were smoke or volcanic ash particles suspended in the atmosphere. "A blue-tinged moon is a rarity and so maybe that's where the saying came from. There are reports of blue moons after the Krakatoa eruption in Indonesia in 1883 in which volcanic ash was ejected 80km high, on the edge of the ionosphere," he said.

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6/8/2012 Ridley Creek St. Park

Did you have fun at Ridley Creek?  I sure did!! We had a fire, went on a Nature walk, and built a couple of forts.  We built some boats and had a race.  Next time I am planning on          bringing my water shoes so I can wade in the river and go creek walking and an extra pair of clothes.

Tinicum 3/15/2012

At Tinicum we had a lot of fun at our last class!  We learned mostly about flight and feathers. Afterwards we went on a Nature Walk to see some birds and to explore the wetlands!  Take a look at the pictures of bird wings and other cool things!!

John James Audubon Lesson Ideas

I found a great post on Squidoo with ideas for further Nature and Artist study with John James Audubon.  Below is just the beginning excerpt.  You can find all of the lesson ideas here - Artist Study and Nature Study with Audubon.

Artist Study and Nature Study Overlap with Audubon

Was John James Audubon a sketching naturalist or a nature loving artist?

Actually, his bird drawings were intended to be scientific sketches instead of art. But most people would agree that his careful observation of birds brought a realism and detail to his sketches that elevated them to the level of art.

If you chose Audubon for your Charlotte Mason styled artist study, be sure to incorporate what you learn about birds into your nature studies as well. Simply turn the focus of your nature walks to studying birds and make the most of your Audubon unit study.

Below are ideas, resources, and photos to inspire your study of Audubon.

Artist Study and Nature Study with Audubon