This post is coming a little late, I had a busy week, and I was sick for most of it, so I got quite behind on all my "to do's".
We'll have pictures from last weeks class when I get our camera back from a house I left it at! Our weekly nature journal spotlight is a fabulous picture of the moon drawn by Fisher W.
This week, we are learning about seeds. Wikipedia definition
Once your children are made aware of seeds, they'll find them everywhere.
Some at home ideas for activities:
- Pull up a weed & examine its roots with a magnifying glass
- Pop a batch of popcorn (popcorn kernels are seeds!)
- Plant a seed in some potting soil in a cup or small pot in your home. Place it on a sunny windowsill and make sure it gets enough water.
- Sprout some seeds & eat them.
Here is the outdoor challenge
Here's a printable "seed collection bag" to take with you on your nature hunts:
Seed collection bag
Some songs about plants/seeds:
Little Seeds Lie Fast Asleep - interactive music player
The Farmer Plants the Seeds (Tune "Farmer in the Dell")
The farmer plants the seeds. (put seeds in the ground) The farmer plants the seeds. High ho the derry oh, The farmer plants the seeds.
Second Verse: The sun comes out to shine. (make big circle with arms)
Third Verse: The rain begins to fall. (hands flutter to the ground)
Fourth Verse: The seeds begin to grow. (children begin to rise)
Fifth Verse: The farmer digs them up. (pretend to use a shovel)
Now we'll have some to eat. (pretend to eat)
Third Verse: The rain begins to fall. (hands flutter to the ground)
Fourth Verse: The seeds begin to grow. (children begin to rise)
Fifth Verse: The farmer digs them up. (pretend to use a shovel)
Now we'll have some to eat. (pretend to eat)
Little Seed (Tune: I'm a Little Teapot)
Here's a little seed in the dark, dark ground. Out comes the warm sun, yellow and round. Down comes the rain, wet and slow. Up comes the little seed, grow, grow, grow!
This Week (Friday, September 23) is the first day of autumn.
Here are some autumn activities
Song - It's Autumntime (music player)
More: For anyone who reads this post, can you please comment and tell us the things you look forward to in autumn, and/or any fun activities that your family enjoys in autumn?
We love to go pick out pumpkins at the Pumpkin Patch South of Idaho Falls. We love to make carameled covered apples and pumpkin pies...pumpkin pancakes, pumpkin bars...lots of things with pumpkin. We love carving pumpkins and painting them and baking the pumpkin seeds. We love going on Fall nature walks and looking at (and picking up/rolling in) all the wonderfully different colors of leaves.
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