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Week 5! Thursday Forest Dreamers 3.12.2020

March 19, 2020 - Forest Dreamers

In last weeks Forest Dreamer class, students learned all about watershed ecosystems! The day started in the glen with games, drawing, nature artifact collection, and observation of our local field… Read more »

Tags: animal den camoflage crayfish creative arts eggs field mice frogs Native American stories nest Rock painting salamanders toads

Week 3 Wednesday Forest Dreamers! 2-25-2020

March 3, 2020 - Forest Dreamers

The third week of Forest Dreamers was a day full of exploring the unknown! Our group traveled deeper into Irvine’s property than ever before! We started our morning with mud… Read more »

Tags: art boardwalk bones building explore feathers frogs meadow mud nest Pond raccoon spring spring peepers stories swamp vulture

Biomimicry: Burrs and Frogcicles

September 19, 2017 - Earth Friends, Preschool

Welcome to everyone!  Today was our first day of Earth Friends Biomimicry class!  It’s going to be a really exciting semester where we get the opportunity to explore all of… Read more »

Tags: bacteria biomimicry Burrs Earth Friends Earth Friends Homeschool Ecosystem forest frogs glucose Green Frog Homeschool inventing inventions Irvine Irvine Homeschool Leopard Frog meadow milkweed milkweed pods milkweed seeds mosquito larvae Pond seed pods seeds spicebush sustainable velcro Vernal pool vernal wetland wetland

Forest Dreamers Go Into Hibernation!

December 2, 2016 - Forest Dreamers

What a wonderful week it has been at the creek! Our whole week focused around the creek and its muddy majestic-ness! From straining to sliding to moss covered fairy houses,… Read more »

Tags: acting adaptation creek dirt on my shirt drops exploration fairy garden families forest dreamers forest kindergarten Forest School free play free range kids frogs getting dirty hibernate hibernation hiking learning by doing migration moss mud muddy mudslide native americans nature based edication nature community performance playing in the woods with kids plays raindrops rainy play stream teamwork trail trees understory winter working together

Forest Explorers Week 1!

September 28, 2016 - Earth Friends

Hello and welcome all to the Forest Explorers Blog! On our first week, we headed down to the gazebo to introduce ourselves and talk about what we wanted to do… Read more »

Tags: crayfish creek Earth Friends Forest Explorers fox tails frogs Irvine Irvine Nature Center mud Oxalic Acid Toad Wood Sorrel

Earth Friends: Living Off of The Land: Week 1!

September 23, 2016 - Earth Friends

  We had an awesome first week with the Earth Friends: Living Off of The Land class! After waving the parents goodbye, we headed to the gazebo to introduce ourselves.… Read more »

Tags: Earth Friends Frog kiss frogs Grasshoppers Irvine Irvine Nature Center Living Off of The Land meadow

Spring Has Sprung!

April 17, 2015 - Preschool, Preschool Weekly

The Nature Preschool at Irvine couldn’t be more excited about the arrival of Spring! We have welcomed the warm showers and soaked up the spring sunshine with open arms! What… Read more »

Tags: crayfish eggs frogs nature preschool snakes spring art activities spring math activities spring science activities spring sensory activities stream stream play tadpoles Wild Nature Play

Make Way for Frogs

March 22, 2013 - Preschool Weekly

This Week’s Adventures: We discovered traits and habits of amphibians – namely frogs! Favorite Activities: From frog puppets to frog skeletons we learned all about their amazing adaptations. We also disovered… Read more »

Tags: amphibians bones frog calls frogs nature preschool spring activities tadpole experiments tadpoles

Buzzing Meadow Magic

May 11, 2012 - Preschool Weekly

This Week’s Adventures: We were a-buzz learning about flowers and pollinators this week. We  made beautiful recycled flower bouquets in honor of Mother’s Day. We also planted our very own… Read more »

Tags: flowers frogs insects math ideas meadow nature preschool spring spring activities sunflower house

Rainbow Bugs

May 10, 2012 - Preschool Weekly

This Week’s Adventures: The world is full of colorful creatures and insects are no exception! This week we used sweep nets to gather tiny creatures in the tall grass. We… Read more »

Tags: colors frogs insects invertebrates math ideas nature preschool spring spring activities tie dye

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