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He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun. – Psalm 37:6

More Butterflies and Caterpillars

Cindy | August 10, 2010

This is certainly the season when Butterflies Flutter By in my neck of the woods!   Beautiful yellows, oranges and blues, tiny and large, fast and slow – the variety of butterflies darting from one plant to another is breathtaking.  The caterpillars have been amazing, too.  I wrote about two of my finds earlier this summer [...]

It’s Caterpillar Season…

Cindy | July 24, 2010

and butterfly season, but those fast and furious butterflies won’t sit still long enough for me to snap a picture! On a recent walk with my hubby – alone (do you know how precious a nature walk alone with my husband is?? ) – we came across some beautiful, blooming milkweed. I’ve known for quite [...]

Butterflies Flutter By (and Moths too)!

Melissa | July 17, 2010

Cindy and I have decided that periodically we’d like to start sharing specific ideas from our units with you to show you exactly how we are applying them.  Also, you may find a free notebooking page every now and then in these posts! This week I’m going to feature how I applied ideas from our [...]

Monarchs!

Cindy | September 23, 2009

As summer has progressed into autumn, we are blessed to see more and more monarchs in our area.  I know the time is fleeting as their journey south will begin very soon. It’s not too late in the year to do a quick study of butterflies using the Butterflies Flutter By NaturExplorer unit. ~Cindy

Butterflies have Fluttered By!

Melissa | August 31, 2009

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.             Some butterflies we have observed:     We have had so much fun studying all about butterflies and have learned [...]