A month or so ago I purchased
Winter Nature Study with Art and Music Appreciation by Barbara McCoy at the
Handbook of Nature Study blog. I loved the idea of having the challenges all in one place AND especially the addition of art and music study.
We completed the
first challenge on Friday. I had planned to do the cattail study in the autumn but we never got around to it. I only pointed them out a few times when we drove by. I made an effort last week to make sure we did this as I knew we had snow coming and we wouldn't be able to do it.
We weren't there too long. It was COLD. But we observed then Emma drew a very quick sketch and we went to the library where it was nice and warm. I am looking forward to observing the changes of the cattails over the course of the year.
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| cattails in a tiny bit of snow |
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| cattails..there is a tiny stream running through here |
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| cattails lining both sides of the icy water |
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| close up of the cattail |
This week we've been listening to Vivaldi's Winter along with some other "winter" classical music on a CD I got from the library. Emma (almost 8) really likes it. She even comes out asking me where the CD is so she can listen to it. (I find that shocking....don't ask me why, I just do.) We haven't started our art study yet but we will soon.
