Our family is greatly enjoying the focus on using all our senses and the effort to get outdoors in the evening.
I would like to thank all of you for your contributions to the Outdoor Hour Challenge Blog Carnival. I sincerely hope that you have continued success with your nature study activities this summer.
Summer Series #1 Mosquitoes and the World of Smell
Amy from Together For A Reason completed an evening study starting with mosquitoes and ending with lightning bugs.
Angie and her boys did an amazing study of mosquitoes and she share their entry Blood Sucking Zombie Minions and their Dog/Dragon. She took some macro photos of the larvae that you don’t want to miss.
Tricia and her children completed a mosquito study in their own backyard. What started out as a reluctant study turned out great!
K from All Creation Cries Out shares their families mosquito jar and some wonderful photos too.
Spring Series #3 Spring Bird Study
Angie from The One Thing had some baby chicks. She and her sons learned more about their chickens and they share their study as well as their journal entries.
Spring Series #5 Seasonal Cattail Study
Amy and her crew ventured outdoors with a new baby to complete their Spring Cattail Study. This looks like a lovely spring outing and they found their cattails.
Spring Series #6 Apple Tree
Amy from Together for a Reason also completed another challenge, adapting it to their particular area. Instead of apples they studied raspberries. Once again with a new baby in the sling, they did a great job of getting outdoors.
Spring Series #7 Cats
Kelsey from Mud Puddles shares their cat study. Kelsey completed the study with her kids even though she is allergic to cats. I am impressed.
Spring Series #8 Snakes
Phyllis and her children from All Things Beautiful share their snake study with carnival readers. I think that Phyllis approached this study of snakes with a wonderful attitude. I too want to equip my family to know which snakes are dangerous and which ones are not. Knowledge is powerful.
Kelsey from Mud Puddles also contributed their snake study blog entry which included a trip to see snakes at the pet shop.
Angie in GA is one brave mama. She shares their snake story complete with photos! Don’t miss their entry into the carnival on The One Thing.
Spring Series #9 Earthworms
Alex from Serendipity Home School shares their earthworm study with carnival readers. Lots of great photos and a wonderful nature journal sample are included in their entry.
Angie from Petra School shares their earthworm study. Their family constructed an earthworm jar and then invited some friends over to study earthworms up-close.
Kelsey from Mud Puddles and her children also made a worm jar and then observed worms on the sidewalk. Love the photos in this entry.
Phyllis from All Things Beautiful had a very interesting earthworm post…at least to me. She shares information on her daughter’s compost bin where she uses worms. I learned a lot. You will want to see their nature journals as well.
Spring Series #10 Ants
Kelsey from Mud Puddles shares a large variety of ants that they observed as part of this challenge. Great journal entries too!
Angie from Petra School and her boys completed a very thorough study of ants. Love their words, photos, and journals in this entry!
One more ant challenge entry was submitted from Tricia and her children who remembered just where to look for an ant hill. Check out their entry on Homeschool Highlights.
Outdoor Hour Challenge #2 Using Your Words
Yahkheena at Seeking the Narrow Way completed OHC #2 with her family and they share their entry with words, photos, and journals. This is a lovely entry.
Outdoor Hour Challenge #9 One Small Square
How about a beach square? Tricia and her family completed a wonderful one small square study at the beach. See their complete entry on Homeschool Highlights.
Outdoor Hour Challenge #13 Practicing the Flower Parts
Andi from Declared Unto Him shares their family study of the iris. Truly beautiful photos accent this entry as well as her daughter’s watercolor painting.
Outdoor Hour Challenge #16 Sunflowers
Sometimes it is hard to remember that in Australia they are experiencing the opposite seasons from those of us in the Northern Hemisphere. Pauline from Giggly HQ shares their sunflower study with some great photos of cockatoos in the sunflowers.
Signs of Spring
Angie from GA shares their nature walk with lots of signs of spring. Pop over to The One Thing and see what they found interesting.
Alex from Serendipity Home School shares some lovely butterfly and bees on thistle photos in her entry to the blog carnival. Looks like a great nature walk! She also shares some colorful wildflowers on another casual nature study day.
Suzanne from Little Kisses from God found some unexpected subjects during their Outdoor Hour time. Check out her entry, Unexpected Discoveries.
I really enjoyed reading all the entries to the carnival and I hope you take a few minutes to check them out as well. I look forward to seeing all your July entries this month and I hope to learn something new.
Please consider submitting your Outdoor Hour Challenge entries and your Spring Series and Summer Series entries to the next carnival. Deadline for submissions will be July 31st, 2010 and all entries from July are eligible. Here is the link for submissions: LINK.
Thanks again,
Barb-Harmony Art Mom
Those studies/challenges are inspiring. This might be a good time for us to jump in and give it a try!! Thanks for sharing. 🙂
It is so wonderful to see so many particiapnts and such INTERESTING and inspiring posts! Thanks ever so much Barb!!!