Cindy | June 16, 2010
The pond is one of our family’s favorite places to go for nature walks. There is such a peacefulness at a quiet farm pond that promotes the more serious side of nature study. At the pond, we can sit under the shade of a tree and just be still – taking time to really observe [...]
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Melissa | April 12, 2010
We have had the opportunity to explore at local ponds lately. And let me tell you, spring is a wonderful time to explore ponds! Pond life is beginning to burst forth not only in the animal kingdom, but in the plant kingdom as well. My oldest daughter took a long trip around the above pond [...]
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Cindy | October 20, 2009
Our family is having such a good time learning about autumn ponds. There’s tons of life still to be found as colder weather approaches. Including plant life! You can read about our pond plant study by visiting this post on my personal blog. Our lastest pond study led us in search of migrating waterfowl. Aren’t [...]
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Melissa | July 17, 2009
This past week our nature club met at a local park to learn about ponds. Using the Peaceful Ponds unit study I lead the group in some VERY fun activities! After teaching all about ponds, we divided into three groups. One group did some pond mapping using one of the unit notebooking pages, another group [...]
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