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Week 2! Wednesday Forest Dreamers 2-19-2020

February 25, 2020 - Forest Dreamers

In our second week of Forest Dreamers, students explored one of their favorite destinations, the Native American site! Our morning started with a drawing exercise of bark rubbings and drawing… Read more »

Tags: art cat climbing deer drawing eggs fire Native American salamander Story tracking tracks Vines wigwam

Week 10 Forest Dreamers! 11-13-19

November 19, 2019 - Forest Dreamers

Hey Families! Another wonderful and wild week in Forest Dreamers has passed us by. This week we skipped morning circle and made a beeline to the Native American site! Each… Read more »

Tags: Arts Community fire forest dreamers mammals music sensory play shelter trees Vines winter

Biomimicry: The Fire Challenge

November 27, 2017 - Earth Friends, Preschool

11/14/17 Today it was really cold and breezy.  It might have reached 45 degrees but with the wind it felt much colder!  We all had cold hands, faces and even… Read more »

Tags: campfire safety campfires Earth Friends fire fire building Fire starters fire starting Homeschool Homeschool at Irvine Irvine Irvine Homeschool Irvine Nature Center One match fire challenge Snake shed Snake skin

Forest Explorers Week 4

October 29, 2016 - Earth Friends

We started off with a check in circle and had a fun game of telephone before heading towards the gazebo. Fall is here, and among the bright colored tumbling leaves,… Read more »

Tags: Crow call fire Fire in the Forest Forest Explorers Irvine Irvine Nature Center Sit spot spicebush Story

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 4

October 18, 2016 - Earth Friends

Week 4! We began the week by making straws from Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium) found right near the Irvine building! They are really cool because you drink water from a… Read more »

Tags: Black Walnut fire Group Challenge Irvine Irvine Nature Center Joe Pye Weed Living Off of The Land QM tag Quadrupedal Movement

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 »

Tags: autumn olive Earth Friends fire Honey Suckle Irvine Irvine Nature Center Living Off of The Land Meet A Tree Sassafras

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 »

Tags: camouflage carving Charcoal Earth Friends fire Irvine Irvine Nature Center Knife Safety Living Off of The Land Risky Play

Invigorating the Senses!

October 8, 2016 - Forest Dreamers

    Our week has been a memorable one! From fungus to fire, we have been heightening our senses and becoming even more aware of our forest and meadow surroundings.… Read more »

Tags: aphids categorizing classifying decomposition fall familes outdoors fire fireside folktales forest dreamers forest kindergarten fungi fungus goldenrod hands on learning hiking learning by doing learning outdoors making a fire meadow tomatoes mud native americans nature school nightshades outdoor school plant identifcation playing in the mud playing in the woods playing outside reading romping sassafrass sassafrass tea working together

Community Helpers

September 28, 2013 - Preschool Weekly

What is a community? What jobs do people and animals do in a community? Children learned all about communities at Irvine Nature Center – on the trails, in the classroom,… Read more »

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