On of the best things about being outside and experiencing the changes in the seasons is witnessing new things daily. Today, we chased the sunshine out of the woods by Irvine intending to warm up in the meadow. We had one of our first frosts the previous night so we wanted to see if there… Read more »
Salamanders and things! We come together with ideas for our Forest Dreamer friends each class but have no set plan. This way, our friends can really control how we spend our time together. Today, we had our map and set off on a scavenger hunt when we discovered “salamander circle”. This wasn’t intentional…our friends were… Read more »
Slugs and Salamanders We had a slow start this misty morning! We gathered our crew and started down the trail with promises of a special surprise. Nestled back in the spice bush forest is a story circle…but not just any story circle…Salamander Circle! As we carefully rolled the stumps over, we discovered small, large, and… Read more »
10/9/2018 With fall in full swing we introduced a new leaf artist to our repertoire, James Brunt. He uses leaves and other natural materials to create patterns on the forest floor. He takes photos of his creations to sell as art and they are beautiful! Check out some of his amazing art here: https://www.jamesbruntartist.co.uk/ We… Read more »
Boats and Dams We have explored many places at Irvine but we still had one special stream destination left! We pulled out our Irvine map and checked out all the places we had visited already. We helped our crew orient the map and then asked them where we needed to go. They grabbed the maps… Read more »
Log rolling…city dwelling! This week our Forest Dreamer friends had a hard time getting out of the Glen…and for good reason. We began our class at the sitting circle were we gently rolled back every log, checking for critters below. We were not disappointed! At first we only noticed the worms. Lots and lots of… Read more »
10/2/2018 Today we explored more of the science aspect of our class, learning more about the life cycle of the milkweed plant, experimenting with water flow by building a dam, and doing water tests to determine the health of the stream we were playing in. Last week we learned about the land artist Ashley Kidner… Read more »
Rock Painters! Today we were determined to make it to the stream with the intention of dam building and exploration! At the gazebo, we decided to play a name game while we ate our snack 🙂 Most of our friends played and chose to bring the following on a trip: an inchworm, cheese, an octopus,… Read more »
This week we set out to scout ideas for our friends next week! We walked at a quick pace since we knew we wanted to explore some streams and ponds further away from the Nature Center. We arrived at the stream marveling at the newly fallen red maple leaves. What a burst of color on… Read more »
9/25/2018 Today we learned about our first land artist, Ashley Kidner, a local Baltimore land artist. Before learning more about Ashley Kidner and his work, we opened our journals and reviewed our Nature Achievements. We got to add our first sticker to our list of thirteen achievements from last week where we learned about the… Read more »
