Nature Explorers

Hoping to get out with our nature detective bags for a scavenger hunt and bird watching. Theresu and Geo on their bikes super fast with their bags gathering flowers for pressing, had lots of learning. Two great explorers on their way. Collected lots of daisies, dandelions and so on.

National Tree Week

This week celebrates National Tree week. Trees are considered as the lungs of the earth.
What a better way is to plant some trees on this week ?

Our family went to Chorlton water park. Thought of doing some animal arts, collected autumn leaves. Annu and Theresu made the shape of lion using leaves, stones and twigs. Georgu had a journey trail tying some leaves to a stick. It was a fun day to play in our new park though it was piercing cold yesterday. One of the other homeschooling family was in the park for stroll.

Thinking to plant some trees towards this weekend to raise the awareness in children. Hope it helps.

RSPB activities for children

As part of RSPB summer events, Chorlton water park was having lots of fun for children, includes making bird trap, making bugs, foraging, hunting for mini beasts using magnifying lens. Then children came together and find out what type of mini beast they obtained. It was great. Children had a lot of fun in pond dipping too, especially Geo likes to dig the pond with the net and enjoyed himself seeing the muddy bits. It was a good day with lots of sunshine too.

Sunflower study

Children were learning about Sunflower,plucked a sunflower from our garden. Unit study on sunflower was done, parts of the flower, where  was it originated and kidoos wrote an acrostic poem on Sunflower. Munnu, Annu and Theresu drew sunflower and used magnifying glass to observe the parts. We got some interesting unit study on sunflower from curriclick

Nature Study 2

Charlotte Mason says that Nature Study done with children in the early years will be a “balm and a blessing” when they are grown.  They will have quiet places of repose in their soul to go to when life is busy or challenging as adults. It is also the best way to prepare your children for the study of science. 

It was my birthday yesterday , So went to Tatton park in Knutsford. Nature walk was amazing, we looked at the nature trail and passed near mansion, reached near stag and sheep which is an open stretch of grassland. Tatton park is famous for deer, often gather here in large numbers to graze, comprising red and fallow deer and this was the interesting thing to watch. Each spring antlers shed and new grow immediately. Munnu along with my hubby climbed some chopped branches, played football some time, had lunch. Numerous fir cones and various leaves were collected by children to study.

 

The day before yesterday was fabulous , as a family we went for cycling all the way from our waterpark close to sale waterpark. Aexandra and children joined with us, children and me gathered many leaves pines, maple leaves, beech, lime, oak leaves, hazel chestnut, cones and chestnut .

 

At home we were learning about various leaves, so pea leaves and many other leaves were observed, learned various things about evergreen leaves and deciduous leaves.

Various conkers, cones and leaves collected and the nature journal in the process.

Our Garden

This time of summer, Jobychayan could do a bit of gardening and some vegetables. It's so nice to see the beans, pepper and tomato growing. Children enjoyed digging and watering with their dad, obviously I didn't do much other than bit watering and plucking the first harvest. This reminded the moms who give the first harvest to Lord or sharing with others.