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Cincinnati Museum Center March 12, 2010

I had mentioned in my WWII post about the Cincinnati Museum Center. Besides the Cincinnati History Museum, this historical building – Union Terminal – houses the Duke Energy Children’s Museum and the Museum of Natural History and Science. (Oh, yes, and an Omnimax Theater and Amtrak Terminal.) For a very fair price, you can choose [...] […]

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How to Start a Nature Club February 21, 2010

Lecia, one of my readers, recently emailed me to ask the following question: Several moms in our homeschool group want to start a nature club but we have no idea where to begin with forming a club. Can you tell me a little about yours? Thanks for the help! Thank you for your question Lecia and since [...] […]

Butterflies have Fluttered By!

This past month our nature focus was on butterflies. Here are just a few of the activities and studies we have done using the Butterflies Flutter By unit study.

Butterfly Hunting

More Butterfly Hunting

Butterfly Catch!

Creating a File Folder Report

File Folder

Creating a Butterfly from Moldeling Clay

Butterfly Symmetry in Art

More Butterfly Art

Some butterflies we have observed:

Pipevine Swallowtail

Pearl Crescent

Giant Swallowtail

Silver Spotted Skipper

We have had so much fun studying all about butterflies and have learned so much! Now, on to Fruits and Nuts for the month of September!

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