Even though we live in the city, we have a couple great places to explore nature near our home. Our neighborhood park, a botanical preserve, a wildlife sanctuary, and a tiny zoo full of monkeys are among some of our favorite place to get outside, get moving and get some fresh air.
Lately I've been drawn to all the different patterns and textures in plants and trees. I can't snap enough shots. It's all so breathtakingly perfect.
The botanical preserve puts the name of the tree or plant next to it, so the girls and I are even learning to identify them. I'm thinking about how we can put together a field guide using labeled photographs like the ones above.
How about your family? Where do you go to get outdoors?
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love your ideas. i'm homeschooling my kindergartener and preschooler. i need to incorporate something like this into our lessons. we live right next to a state park, so we have plenty to take pics of! i like the idea of the field guide too. i think we might try something like that ourselves. great pics, btw!
What great things to look at...so interesting!
sandy toe
We live in Arkansas and have a wonderful state parks system. We have two faves — Pinnacle Mountain and Petit Jean. Pinnacle is so close that we spend many a Saturday there in the spring, fall and summer. Hiking, a picnic ... bliss.
We live accross the street from Henry Cowell park so we se lots of redwood trees, banana slugs and trains.
I love your pix!
this is a wonderful activity! i collect leaves from ca native species, and then press & laminate them onto index cards. if you holepunch the corners and put them on a keyring, they're supereasy to carry. children can then match exact leaves (and even the littlest of little ones can match colors, shapes, sizes, etc.) funfunfun...
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