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Melissa | June 21, 2009
Well, it finally happened…he has hunted since the beginning of spring, he has sought out almost daily to find one…and today, with his heart beating faster than a hummingbird’s wings, my son swiped his trusty frog net through the creek waters and came up victorious with his first American Bullfrog catch!! He has caught several less challenging [...]
Melissa | June 5, 2009
I keep saying it, but it’s worth saying over and over again that nature can be used to teach SO many things! The more we do nature study and observation the more opportunities I see. We’ve been focusing a bit on learning more about the human body lately. We’ve studied the human body [...]
Melissa | May 31, 2009
I admit my house has been a bit like a zoo lately. Creatures are beginning to take over. So even though I will miss them greatly it was time for our tadpoles turned toads to catch a wave back home today. For two days now several of them have been coming up to the surface [...]
Melissa | May 13, 2009
I admit that the more experiences my children and I have with frogs and toads, the more we love them. This last week has been a goldmine of opporutnities to observe both. First, we visited my parents who have a beautiful garden pond. And it was simply alive with toads! We estimated that there must [...]
Melissa | April 30, 2009
Yep, we’re at it again. We were diligent in looking almost every day, and this time when we found them they had just hatched in a vernal pool near the creek. We gathered some up and took them home. They are only a few days old, but my have they grown already! [...]
Melissa | August 1, 2008
After our wonderful experience of hatching and raising toads, we were so thrilled that a couple of days ago Alex was able to find a medium sized American Toad in our yard. I handed him some instructions on how to make an American Toad habitat that I found HERE. He did a fantastic job of [...]
