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December

December has had it all: snow, ice, rain, sunshine, warm days, and cold days. We've enjoyed all of it! We've been artists painting ice...

November

The biggest change this month has been the presence of water, and on the last day of class this week we even got some snow! We've been...

Break or Bounce?

One of our favorite physics experiments is called "Break or Bounce?" We collect a variety of objects, nautral and human made, such as...

October Adventures

We've been going on adventures into the majestic autumn forest. On our walks down the big creek we've discovered more "tree caves"...

Fairy Village, Spider Web, Acorns, and Potatoes

Moss makes everything a bit more magical, and the kids were excited to build a village of fairy houses on our lovely patch of moss by the...

Saving the Minnows

September was very dry and we were all noticing that the ponds in the big creek were getting smaller each day and the minnows were...

Volcanoes

There was some talk about volcanoes during class one day. So we challenged the kids to work together to make volcanoes in the sandbox...

August

Our new school year is off to a great start! We've been seeing lots of wildlife and playing games that help us get to know each other...

May Notes

We've been enjoying the warmth and spending lots of time swimming and splashing in the creek this month. Toads seem to be everywhere and...

Observing Wildlife and Wild Animal Matching Game

We've been spotting frogs, a luna moth, water snakes, salamanders, a box turtle, grubs and worms, snails, and a robin's egg that fell...

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