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Living Wetlands Week 9

May 11, 2017 - Earth Friends, Preschool

Today was a fantastic day full of frog songs, pond exploration and hiking.  We began, as usual, checking out our plant phenology project at the hidden story circle.  We noticed… Read more »

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Forest Explorers Week 7

November 22, 2016 - Earth Friends

Week 7! After our check in circle, we headed towards the Bauer Preserve to harvest some of the last Autumn Olive berries! Its amazing how there are certain plants like… Read more »

Tags: autumn olive Deer mouse Earth Friends Ferrocerium Fire Striker Forest Explorers Irvine Irvine Nature Center Mapping Milkweed Fluff Pocket Stove Spicebush Tea Storytime Wild Onion

Forest Explorers Week 2

October 29, 2016 - Earth Friends

For our second week we started off by having a check in circle and then told a collaborative story. Each person gets to go around and say one sentence to… Read more »

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Living Off of The Land Week 3

October 18, 2016 - Earth Friends

Aright, Week 3! After having some time to settle in, we went to the beginning of the trail to meet Sassafras (Sassafras albidum)! Sassafras was one of the first exports… Read more »

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Late Summer Treasures

September 23, 2016 - Preschool Weekly

From muddy puddles to clear blue skies, it has been a gorgeous week in the Nature Preschool!  Late summer treasures were the favorite topic of the preschool classes- the preschoolers took to the… Read more »

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