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Melissa | October 17, 2008
For me, there simply isn’t a prettier time of year to view a full moon than the falltime, the air is so clear. One day recently, my oldest daughter and I awoke very early before twilight and headed outside in the crisp fall air for a walk under the full moonlight wash. It was a beautiful time to [...]
Melissa | October 14, 2008
On our nature walk yesterday morning, we gathered LOTS of leaves up and headed back inside for a fun project. We used tempera paints and regular paper and construction paper, a roller and brushes. We ended up liking the brushes better for this project. I’ll let the slideshow do the rest of the talking!
Melissa | October 6, 2008
A haze on the far horizon,
The infinite, tender sky,
The rich, ripe tint of the cornfields,
And the wild geese sailing high –
And all over upland and lowland
The charm of the goldenrod–
Some of us call it autumn,
And others call it God.
(taken from “Each in His Own Tongue“, by William Herbert Carruth)
Today we completed our art project for Autumn [...]
Melissa | October 3, 2008
You never know what kids will do if given a little time to stretch their imaginations in nature. For us not all nature study is organized. Sometimes it’s just all about play. And in the process, they are exercising and growing their imaginations and sometimes they are even getting along and growing their relationships.
Sometimes logs [...]
