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OHC- The Extraordinary in the Ordinary
Well we have certainly been blessed with an Extraordinary in the Ordinary experience! Yesterday, the girls were out in the afternoon building a ‘fort’ with some friends on the bank across from our home.…
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OHC – Spring Flower – The Bluebell
With a Spring Flower being one of the challenges this month, I could not resist focusing on one of England’s treasures – the Bluebell. Each year, the woodlands in England spring to life…
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OHC – The Fern
Today’s focus area was the Fern Plant. I had been a little reluctant to do this as I have not seen any fern’s in my immediate surrounds, but was encouraged by my friend…
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OHC – The Dandelion
It was back to school last week. I have to say that it was a very successful and way less stressful start after the Easter holidays. The girls were quite positive and of course we…
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OHC – Early Blooming Flower
It seems as though I jumped the gun a bit in our nature challenges ;o). Last week we decided to do a little nature study on the Crocus, seeing as though our garden…
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OHC – Spring Splendor
What I love about nature is that it always has the ability to surprise you and lead you down a different adventure trail that perhaps you had intended. Barb’s OHC has some great…
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Down the Garden Path
Well, Spring is certainly on the way! Thursday morning the sun came out and beckoned me outdoors. All sorts of lovelies are peeking out their heads. So each and every ‘recess’ I dashed…
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Down the Garden Path
Well, Spring is certainly on the way! Thursday morning the sun came out and beckoned me outdoors. All sorts of lovelies are peeking out their heads. So each and every ‘recess’ I dashed…
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The Importance of An Author in Nature
Image taken from the Enid Blyton Society I was quite shocked to hear that my favourite childhood author, Enid Blyton, has some rather strong critics. I recently found out that in the 1990’s,…
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Book Review- Nature Smart
Year 1 of our Homeschooling Adventure: Eagerly I comb the bookshelves looking for inspirational books that I can use in our homeschool. The children are small and getting out in nature is important to me…