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Raising Monarch Butterflies (& Giveaway!)

This site contains affiliate links that benefit my family if you purchase through them. Read my full disclosure here.This site contains affiliate links that benefit my family if you purchase through them. Read my full disclosure here.Facts and Tips about Raising Monarchs “But what if they die?” protested my daughter when I told her that we needed to stop looking…
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Flower Dissection for Kids

Performing a flower dissection is a fun activity for kids. They get to have hands-on experience taking apart a flower and getting familiar with each part and its function. You can either use your own paper to record your observations, or you can use the flower dissection page in the April Activity pack. (The sheet is also available as a…
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What is Causing That Blue-Green Stained Wood?

One thing I love about nature walks is that you can head out looking for one thing (in this case May Apples) and stumble across something completely different. I was puzzled recently when we came across a fallen log that was stained an attention grabbing blue-green. Don’t you love the contrast between the yellow lichen and the bluish wood? As…
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Solstice or Equinox Activity

For an educational activity for the spring equinox, I’m going to show you how you can track the sun’s position throughout the day. I’m indebted to John Muir Laws’ for this sun and shadows equinox activity. He has a very informative article and video about this, but I thought I’d try to break it down a bit simpler. The activity…
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Calendar of Firsts

Keeping a Calendar of Firsts is a wonderful way to begin or expand your nature study. It’s also a great way to dive into phenology. Phenology is the study of the cyclic events in nature and how they effect each other. Viceroy caterpillars emerge a few weeks after the willows leaf out. Birds time their nesting to when there are…
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Stunning Dew Drops on Wild Strawberry Leaves

We were out for a walk early in the day and came across these stunning dew drops on wild strawberry leaves. I love the way a single drop of dew rests on each point of the serrated leaf. It’s as if the dew drops were individually placed by the Creator. God decorates the world with so much beauty each day…
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May Nature Calendar- 31 Days of Nature Activities

Here’s a May Nature Calendar to help you be intentional in getting out in Nature….Encourage your children to observe, to ask questions, to be curious about the world around us.

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Meteor Shower Art Project

One of the activities we’ve been looking forward to on this month’s nature calendar is the Lyrid meteor shower coming up next week. As we were talking about meteor showers recently, I realized that my daughter didn’t know what one was. I tried to explain, but realized that maybe I should turn to other sources for a better explanation. I…
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