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KY State Fair August 30, 2010

We love the State Fair! This year was our first time being more than spectators and we had a busy, but exciting blast. The big kids showed goats two nights in a row, which left two days full of exploring all the sights and sounds. Some kind friends hauled our two goats to the fair […]

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Carolina Sphinx Moth August 21, 2010

For the past couple of weeks I’ve been purposefully leaving the light on outside by the door to our schoolroom. It has been SO much fun to go down to school in the morning and first thing check the wall outside by the door for moths. It’s like a little treasure hunt each morning to […]

Snow and Ice, How Nice!

We have certainly been walking in a winter wonderland lately!

It’s made for a prime opportunity to observe and study all about Snow and Ice. I’m going to feature just a few of the fun things we’ve been doing.

We have been busy doing science experiments such as measuring the space that water takes up versus ice.

We have been learning about blizzards and creating a Blizzard Safety Checklist to give to friends and family.

We have been finding all sorts of animal tracks in the snow and spending lots of time observing our bird feeders.

We have been writing in our nature journals about our experiences and findings.

And catching, observing and photographing snowflakes! (For more of our snowflake photos you can visit my blog)

Dendrite Snowflake

For these activities and LOTS, lots more, check out our Snow and Ice unit study and create some of your own winter nature studies and adventures.

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