Wildflowers, Fungi, and Snakes, Oh My!
This last week when we attended the book sale in Louisville, a couple of people inquired if our units would be good to use in nature clubs….Oh Yes! In fact each unit has a section in the back with ideas especially geared toward nature clubs. However most of the activity and lesson ideas throughout each unit could also be used.
I just happen to lead a nature club myself and I use our units each and every week for the information I present and any activities we do. This coming Friday’s nature club is on the topic of wildflowers and we will be using a scavenger hunt notebooking page from the Wonderful Wildflowers unit. Even though each of our meetings have a specific area of focus for that week, we often branch off and end up exploring many other topics as well. For example this past club meeting we started out talking about and observing erosion and ended up also learning about wildflowers, fungi and snakes!
Here are a some pictures from our meeting of things we saw.
Many varieties of vetch are in bloom right now, including this beautiful Crown Vetch.
And also this Cow Vetch, which is the most beautiful purple color.
Then, we noticed the most beautiful fungi (yes, fungi can be beautiful) that I have ever seen!
The color was a rich salmon and it flowed like waves.
And last, but not least was when Bobby caught us a water snake! Very cool!
If you would like to know more about starting a nature club, I’ve written a post about it! In the meantime, don’t forget that our units are a fabulous tool for helping you lead your group!
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