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Grow A Flower Game

Posted in Botany, Homeschooling Hatchlings, Nature Study on October 14, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

While shopping for Jack’s birthday presents I couldn’t resist purchasing this oh-so-fitting game for our germination study. The Grow A Flower Game is intended for 5th grade and up, but Grace and Jack were able to keep up with the jist of the game. It did a wonderful job of reinforcing where the various parts [...]

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Spooky Sticky Science

Posted in Botany, Homeschooling Hatchlings, Online Resources on October 10, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

Last Friday, the children and I toured The Science of Gardening on the excellent Exploratorium.com. If you’ve never poked around the site, you are in for a treat. While we continue to scratch the surface of germination, we’ve had a few detours along the way (what would homeschooling be without myriads of detours). [...]

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Look Closely In Your Backyard

Posted in Botany, Homeschooling Hatchlings, Nature Study on October 4, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

It is amazing what you can find in your own backyard. A couple of days ago, the kids and I went for a backyard nature walk. There is an untouched piece of wooded property behind our property line that we sneaked around in. This was where the real gems were…purple mushrooms, fallen logs covered [...]

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The Art Of Germination Science

Posted in Botany, Homeschooling Hatchlings, Nature Study on August 2, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

If the seed germination experiment doesn’t work, at least we could say it made for a colorful presentation. Grace and Jack really enjoyed putting the germination study together this morning. Now my only concern is…Will it survive the 7-14 days of man-handling? If naming petri dishes names like “Lovey” is a sign of good care [...]

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Ink Blots…But With Leaves

Posted in Botany, Homeschooling Hatchlings, Nature Study, Zoology on November 7, 2005 | Leave a Comment »

Today at the park Jack came to me with a small white oak leaf. Showing me the fallen leaf, he said, “Look ma, the leaf looks like one of those sting fish.”
That morning we had just watched together as a family our 3rd Blue Planet CD about the ocean. Included in this CD was [...]

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The Autumn Joy Is Blooming

Posted in Botany, Homeschooling Hatchlings, Nature Study, Zoology on August 28, 2005 | Leave a Comment »

Autumn always makes viewing bug behavior way too easy at our house. We have three incredibly large Autumn Joy plants (really bushes) that attract every type of insect you can imagine, and they are just beginning to open their large heads full of tiny blooms. Right now, there are constantly butterflies in the [...]

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