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Solstice or Equinox Activity

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.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…
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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

We are always excited when meteor showers are mentioned on the monthly nature calendars. I’ve put together some fun meteor shower resources and an art project that you can use to explore this topic with your children. One thing that can keep us from watching meteor showers is that they usually involve late nights or early mornings. This will probably…
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Spring Peepers Call in Early Spring

The call of spring peepers is the sound of spring in New York State (and other parts of the eastern United States and south-eastern Canada). The high pitched-chorus sounding near ponds and wetlands is a sign that winter is coming to an end. Despite the fact that their call carries far on a quiet night, they are seldom seen. This…
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