Nature Schooling - Sept.1,2016

School goal:

1. Start morning walks about 1-2 miles long making baby C walk the whole trail without being worn on my back 1-2 times each week. 
2. Do some nature journaling
3. Play at the playground after our walk.

Hopefully this will wear out the 2 year old so she takes a long nap in the afternoon so I can focus my attention on getting my 3 middle children caught up to where I would like them to be. So far the biggest problem is that I want a nap in the afternoon now!

Backpacks full of pencils, journals, water, snacks, pocket knives and whatever else they add.

Robin sketching some flowers

 I saw this beetle a few weeks ago at a local farm friend's house. She did not know what it was either but it was on her porch near her milkweed. When I saw it again on milkweed at the park today I knew I had to go research it as soon as I was home. It is such a neat bug with a very bright distinct X on the back.

Up close image of the milkweed bug.

Some little girl took baby C under we wing and said that she will babysit her for me. It was so cute watching her and baby C work together to get into this swing.

This first picture says "I like birds" but "I" cut off the I when I took the picture

 Later that day Duck started drawing birds on his own in his mini Composition book ( my kids love those mini books) These cute little birds make me smile.

Later that day Duck started drawing birds on his own in his mini Composition book ( my kids love those mini books) These cute little birds make me smile.

WORD OF THE DAY:
Nemophilist (pronounced ne-'mo-fe-list), is an obscure word that hasn't really been used for over 100 years – but it is a word that surely deserves a comeback! It meanssomeone with a love or fondness for forests, woods, or woodland scenery, or someone who often visits them - a 'haunter' of woods.