Butterflies - Flying Flowers!

They're everywhere!  They're everywhere! 

 

Have you noticed them flitting around 

your flower beds and bushes?    

They lightly drop in for a quick sip 

and then OFF they go to the next flower.

So, take a moment to learn the 

different parts of these

"flying flowers" 

(as my mom refers to them!)

Check out my

Nature Study Lessons Facebook page

Nature Study board on Pinterest

Time to get your summer in gear!   

Here's an idea, go on a scavenger hunt. 

The best way to do a NATURE STUDY scavenger hunt is with a friend (or a sibling).  Find the items on the list, then have the other person verify that you saw it, mark it off the list, and LEAVE the item in the woods or along the trail.

OR if you're into taking pictures, snap a photo.  When you get home, download!

Then you don't have to bring home a bunch of specimens that would be better left right where you found them! 

Here's a printable scavenger list from the Diva Girl Parties

AND check out this list from The Taylor House blog ~

From http://www.thetaylor-house.com/#uds-search-results

 

 

Or check out this website . . . where I searched for Summer Fun Scavenger Hunts and take your pick!  It's a whole website devoted to Scavenger Hunts!

Nature Study Students Signed Up!

Hey kids (and parents)!   Glad to have you signed up for my class at JCCH Co-Op.    Take a little "hike" around my blog-site.   Check out the links I've posted here for you (along the right side, mostly).  

First Assignment!

MY SPY:   Get a JUMP on your classmates and go outside for a half-hour today.    Find something GREEN and come back here to describe it in one of the comments below.   BUT....describe it without saying what it is...and see if anyone else can figure it out from your description.   I did the first one - can you guess what it is?   

Hot Weather!   

A friendly cicada

These 100-degree days are tough on everyone, including plants (trees and shrubs and flowers) and animals.   I've noticed that the cicadas are making a lot of racket in the evenings, too.   But not as much as last year (thankfully)!

Click on this Wikipedia link, about half-way down the page you can find a link to listen to a cicada "singing."   But don't drive anyone crazy with too much of that "singing!"   :-)

My favorite thing about hot weather?  Hmmm....well, the sun does a nice job of solar-heating the garden hose!!   And pool water is thermally comfortable, too!  

What's your favorite thing about Hot Weather?