This weekend we took advantage of the beautiful weather and went to a local hiking area. It was our first time there and a nice change from our usual "backyard" forest adventures. One of the nice things was a regular path. In our backwoods we are mainly just trekking through the woods without a path.
In this
challenge, I read from the
Handbook of Nature Study (just to myself not the kids). We collected a ton of leaves along with a few mushrooms, some acorns and a couple of pine cones. We were on the trail for 2 hours so that was a little long with the young ones but we all had a good time. There are 3 trails so we will have to go back and hike the other 2 trails soon.
By the time we got home we were all tired so we left our bag of "treasures" until later. After supper, we had fun making leaf rubbings and even used a rainbow stamp pad to do a few leaf stamps. I don't care how old I am, I love making leaf rubbings. (maybe more than the kids)
The main point of this challenge is to use your words to describe what you heard, saw and felt. This was pretty difficult for the kids so I think it was a good challenge because it gets them thinking. The next time we go out I think they will be more observant. Here are their responses:
Jenna (5)
One word to describe something you heard. water
Two words for something you saw. brown mushroom (with a white stem)..yeah I know more than 2 words
Three words for something you felt. soft, fuzzy leaf
Emma (7)
One word to describe something you heard. crinkling (leaves)
Two words for something you saw. wobbly bridge
Three words for something you felt. soft, bumpy mushroom
Ryan (10)
One word to describe something you heard. cricket
Two words for something you saw. animal den
Three words for something you felt. smooth stick (he couldn't come up with 3 words)
As always, I took pictures:
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| starting out on the trail...my nephew came along too |
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| Emma wanted me to take this picture to show how tall the fern was. |
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| Can you find Connor? |
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| This was so cool....sprouting acorns |
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| princess pine (we took some time to learn a little about spore cones) |
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| Ellie wanted me to take her picture with this leaf. |
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| the boys throwing rocks in the river |
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| Favorite picture of the day. |
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| waiting for everyone to catch up |
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| I came up on Jenna kneeling over these tiny flowers she found. |
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| everything is going to seed |
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| Ellie and Connor walking the end of the hike hand in hand. |
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| Emma |
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| Emma was so happy about these giant leaves. |
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| lots of leaves |
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| about a foot long! |
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| you can see we found quite a variety |
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| Emma making a leaf rubbing |
4 comments:
What a fun post! Makes me want to do this challenge, but I dont' have the book. I guess I could try it without. I thought tomorrow would be a fun day to start as I want a low-key day.
Thanks for sharing this!
Blessings
Leslie
Leslie, The Handbook of Nature Study is available online. http://www.archive.org/details/handbookofnature002506mbp I guess I should include that link in my outdoor challenge posts.
What pretty leaves! I love their leaf rubbings. Those their poems.
Looks like a fun time and educational, as well. Great job! We're just starting out with OHCs, too!
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