Just a little note that my Nature Notebook was featured today over at: Trivium Tuesday. If your a homeschooler and you keep a nature notebook, you will love what the site has to offer. All the link ups are about classical education in some way. My post on 10 Reasons to Nature Journal is being […]
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An Amphibian Unit Study
I’ve been doing a little research on frogs and toads and thought I would share my favorite homeschool stuff on the subject. I got inspired by this little toad whom we ran into in our yard while doing yard work. We got some delightful pictures of him. There is so much on the web for […]
Fowler’s Toad: Bufo fowleri
We got some delightful pictures of a little brownish gray toad we discovered in our own backyard. In this photo it is easy to spot the parotid gland, which secrets poison to protect it against predators, and the tympanum, or ear. We identified him as: Bufo fowleri (Bufo woodhousii fowleri) Turns out he is a […]
Homeschool Nature Study: Stop and Smell the Roses
At our most recent homeschool nature study day…..There was so much to see! Stop and Smell the Roses Rosa Mundi In my busy, busy world, there is nothing like nature to remind me, “Stop and smell the roses”. The Rosa Mundi to be exact. They actually do have a wonderful fragrance. I also got to […]
Wooly Aphids
On our last nature study……. We discovered wooly aphids: funny little bugs with feathers behind them. When we discovered these funny little bugs with feathers behind them, we wondered what they could be and why none of us had ever seen them before. It was obvious they liked the wood, perhaps as a food sources […]