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Living Off of The Land Week 7

November 22, 2016 - Earth Friends

Week 7! After checking in, and stopping to check out some salamanders near the gazebo, we headed towards the vernal wetlands. Once we got to the access road, we reinspected… Read more »

Tags: camouflage Debris Hut Deer mouse Everybody's It Tag Irvine Irvine Nature Center Living Off of The Land salamanders Tom Brown Jr.

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 »

Tags: autumn olive camouflage Common buckeye fire Irvine Irvine Nature Center Perilla Story

Living Off of The Land Week 5

October 18, 2016 - Earth Friends

    For our 5th week, we got a new instructor Kelly that will be with us for the rest of the semester! Kelly is an awesome naturalist and will… Read more »

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Living Off of The Land Week 2

October 18, 2016 - Earth Friends

    For our second week we started off by playing a really fun game called camouflage in the outdoor classroom. The outdoor classroom is really just an awesome area… Read more »

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Ready for Rainbows!

May 13, 2016 - Preschool, Preschool Weekly

Nature Preschool had a lovely week discovering the colors of spring! We focused on rainbows, light and color. The spring scene at Irvine is mostly green. Luckily the nature preschoolers… Read more »

Tags: camouflage colors nature preschool rain play rainbows rainy days spring spring art activities spring colors symmetry tadpoles

Hibernation, Migration, Adaptation, OH MY!

December 5, 2014 - Preschool, Preschool Weekly

Everyone is planning on getting warm this winter!  How do you stay warm? How do animals stay warm during the long, cold winter? That was the question on everyone’s mind… Read more »

Tags: animal adaptions camouflage hibernation migration trees in winter winter adaptations

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