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Catching Up July 22, 2010

Summer wears me out. It’s all good, but whew am I ever ready to start school again by the time August rolls around! I have tons to post about, so I thought I’d do a giant post and try to fit in as much as possible. Hang on to your seats! First, some exciting news […]

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Defense Mechanisms July 27, 2010

God has given all creatures a line of defense, something to give them a better chance of survival. And lately I’ve become intrigued by seeing evidence of this on our nature walks. For instance below you will see a picture I took at our last Nature Club meeting. Notice the tiny red and black bugs. But especially […]

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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