Nature Journal - Leaf Study

I wanted to put some leaves into my journal, so I decided to laminate a few.  Then I saw how it would make a really interesting page if we could see BOTH sides of the leaves.  So I taped one edge to the edge of my journal page and left the other edge free to open.  I love how this looks!

 Now you can see both sides of the leaves and they should last a LONG time being laminated.

 I hope the color of the leaves doesn't fade!

leaf study

This is a rose leaf.  We were amazed at how it is made up of tiny blocks made up of tiny blocks!

At the art museum

October 25, 2012

Fun at the Children's Museum

We went to the Children's Museum this morning.

 

Vanessa, Tabbi, Kathrine, Andre, Drake, Becca, Meredith

 Tabbi said this was her favorite activity.  Building a house.

Columbus Day

With Columbus Day being celebrated on Monday, and the actual day being on Friday, we are taking this whole week to do some reading and projects about Columbus.  This is an "old" map we made.

And here Tabbi tells about some of the things she has learned.

Shamrock Spider

I found this shamrock spider outside today!  It was cold out so it was moving pretty slowly. 

 If you look closely you can see the web attached to the back of it in this picture.

Art project

Tabbi's art project for today.  Inspiration from here http://www.artprojectsforkids.org/2012/10/leaves-with-lines.html

A look at trees...

Tabbi and I went for a walk in the woods to look at trees.  We found a few other interesting things while we were out there.  First of all, this leaf that looked like it had snow on it!  There wasn't any other of the white stuff around and it was way too warm for snow!  We don't know WHAT it was!

 Mushrooms on a dead stump.

 a birch tree

 Tabbi pulled a piece off and thought it looked like a scroll.

 Poplar tree

 hitchhikers that were on my jacket!

 a roughed grouse

One of or goals for today was to take a photo of four parts of a tree.  Tabbi chose this Spruce tree.
Spruce tree bark...

 ...branches

 ...needles

 ...and roots!

 This is our maple tree, but the leaves are almost all off already.

 Tabbi's favorite tree!

August Garden

We pasted this "August Garden" list in our nature books... then never put anything ON the list!  So, instead of leaving a blank list in the middle or our books, I went through all the pictures I took in the month of August, made a collage of them to paste on the next page, and wrote down the things that were in the picture!  I like the way it looks.  Might have to do it for other months too!