Handbook of Nature Study has two new posts that you might be interested in checking. Both are related to the Outdoor Hour Challenge, a guided nature study time that Barb offers on her blog. With spring in the air, one of the first things that is noticed around our yard is an increase in bird activity. (Has everyone spotted the robins yet?) Well, Barb has begun a bird focus for this next set of Outdoor Hour Challenges, and the first challenge involves three birds that I see every year: the robin, the cardinal, and the house finch. While we haven't seen the cardinals yet this spring, I know they'll come because they nest in the neighbour's cedar. The other post that she's published this week is links to audio files of the bird calls from this week's focus.
All Barb's Outdoor Hour Challenges include a reading from Anna Botsford Comstock's Handbook of Nature Study, and outdoor challenge, and a follow up indoor activity, usually relating to entries in a nature journal.
This is a great challenge to participate in to ramp up your Nature Study times with your children now that the weather shows potential for cooperation. Even if we do get more cold weather, these challenges don't usually involve a great deal of outdoor time, making them very accessible for all kinds of families.
Enjoy the link!
If you're interested in seeing my post about our family's Outdoor Hour Challenge Backyard Bird focus, you can go to http://peaceledge.blogspot.com/2009/03/outdoor-hour-challenge-backyard-bird.html
ReplyDeleteThere's also a link in the sidebar to PeaceLedge that you can click on and it will get you to my blog, too.
I'd love to see anything others have done, or even read a paragraph about it if you tried it with your family.
Jennifer