Today was week 1 of our Maple Magic series. For two weeks we will be learning about maple syrup, how to identify maple trees in winter, how to measure trees… Read more »
2/26/2019 Welcome back to Irvine for our Spring semester of Earth Friends Homechool! This semester we are continuing on the theme we started in Fall, learning about how artists are… Read more »
12/4/2018 Today we worked on shelter building, an excellent skill to practice for fun and for survival situations. We started by reviewing some basic shelter types, including a debris hut,… Read more »
10/30/2018 Today we re-explored some of our favorite places at Irvine, the seven sycamore tree along the Bauer Path trail and the Native American site. We set off from our… Read more »
11/27/2018 It was a cold day today with temperatures barely getting out of the 30s. Despite the cold we hiked down to the Gazebo where we had snack and shared… Read more »
11/13/2018 Fall semester for homeschool is winding down with only a couple weeks left. Today we learned about our third and last nature artist for Fall, Nancy Holt. Holt’s vision… Read more »
10/16/2018 Mid-semester campfire Before enjoying a campfire with our families and fellow homeschoolers, we continued our lesson on leaves. With fall colors starting to show we started with an experiment… 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… 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,… 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… Read more »
