Outdoor Hour Challenge Blog Carnival and Spring Nature Study 2011 Plans

Outdoor Hour Challenge – Spring 2011 Plans

For all of you who have emailed me asking about what the plan is for our spring nature, I finally came to some concrete decisions. I decided I did not have time in my schedule to create a new set of challenges so we will be completing some of the challenges from last year along with our spring observations of our Queen Anne’s Lace.

If you purchased my Spring Series ebook in 2010, you are all set to go. If you would like to work from the challenges on the blog, they are on the tab at the top. If you would like to have all the challenges and the notebook pages on hand, you can purchase the ebook from this LINK.

Schedule for Spring 2011

• March 18, 2011: Signs of Spring (Bonus challenge with notebook page.)
• March 25, 2011: Spring Cattail Observations
• April 1, 2011: Spring Queen Anne’s Lace Observations (This will be a new challenge, including a notebook page.)
• April 8, 2011: Spring Weather Observations
• April 15, 2011: Spring Tree Observations
• April 22, 2011: Spring Bird Study
• April 29, 2011: Spring Wildflower/Dandelion Study

Please note that there are five more studies (apple tree, cats, snakes, earthworms, ants) included in the ebook that we will not be completing as part of the 2011 Spring Series. You are free to complete those challenges and post a link in the original challenge listed on the Spring tab at the top of my blog.

I apologize for the simplicity of the links this time around. I hope you take the time to check the entries out and leave behind some nice supportive comments. 🙂

Winter Bird Study- Great Backyard Bird Count

• Tricia – Hodgepodge Mom
• Anne – Harvest Moon by Hand
• Casey – Bumpin’ Along The Road Less Traveled
• Angie – Petra School
• Dorina –Out Side Blue
• Heather – Kingdom Arrows
• Phyllis – All Thing Beautiful

Winter Evergreens, Conifers, and Tree Study

• Tricia – Hodgepodge Mom
• Anne – Harvest Moon by Hand
• Angie – Petra School
• Heather – Kingdom Arrows
• Jessy – Our Side of the Mountain
• Dorina –Out Side Blue

Winter Cattails, Weeds, and Queen Anne’s Lace

• Heather – Kingdom Arrows
• Tricia – Hodgepodge Mom
• Angie – Petra School Cattails and Weeds
• Shirley Anne – Bugs, Beetles, and Barefoot Days

Salt Study

• Anne – Harvest Moon by Hand
• Heather – Kingdom Arrows

Winter Insects

• Kattie – 2 Ladybugs and a Lizard

Winter Weather, Sky, and Snow

• Tricia – Hodgepodge Mom Sky and Weather
• Heather – Kingdom Arrows
• Anne – About a Bug
• Shirley Anne – Bugs, Beetles, and Barefoot Days

Getting Started Challenges 

• Anne at Harvest Moon by Hand – #1, #2, and #3 

Thank you for all your participation. It has been an excellent month of nature study!