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Week 5! Wednesday Forest Dreamers 3.11.2020

March 18, 2020 - Forest Dreamers

We started last Tuesdays Forest Dreamers class with glen exploration. Students observed our local field mouse nest, played Mr.Fox and continued to construct a ladder for tree climbing. On this… Read more »

Tags: deer trails devils club mud native story telling naturalism observation science spring stream exploration tad poles tracking

Week 4! Thursday Forest Dreamers 3.5.2020

March 11, 2020 - Forest Dreamers

Greetings from the forest! In week 4 of Forest Dreamers we explored the ecosystems of the vine forest and the swamp! We started our day in the glen with a… Read more »

Tags: balance climbing creative arts Irvine nature school mud Native American stories painting skunk cabbage spring swamp vine wild play winter

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

Week 1! Wednesday Forest Dreamers 2/12

February 18, 2020 - Forest Dreamers

Hello Forest Dreamer Families! Our class had a wonderful first day of Nature school! Our morning started with some wild play. We climbed trees, built log forts and played “Mr.… Read more »

Tags: balance beavers coordination friendship mud predator Prey Sit spot skunk cabbage swamp Vines Wetlands

Harvest Moon

October 27, 2017 - Preschool News

The Harvest Moon By Rose Brusaferro “For the child… it is not half so important to know as to feel.” – Rachel Carson We used September to get settled in;… Read more »

Tags: best nature preschool caution climbing confidence courage fall harvest familes outdoors fern fireflies friendship gumption harvest moon Irvine Nature Center leaves luna moth mayapple milkweed mud nature preschool community nature preschool teacher outdoor learning perserverence play Resilience snail sycamore teacher trees wetland Wild Nature Play wooly bear

Living Wetlands Week 6 and 7

April 25, 2017 - Earth Friends, Preschool

Week 6 Today was the day of our campfire party where we celebrated around a large campfire with campfire snacks like hot dogs, s’mores and roasted apples.  It was a… Read more »

Tags: animal tracks bloodroot campfire cattails Flow Chart flowers Great horned owl Homeschool at Irvine Irvine Irvine Homeschool May Apple mucky mud natural dye nocturnal Phenology Plant buds Plant Phenology plaster tracks prehensile tail Red-backed salamander salamander skunk cabbage smelly soil spicebush stinky toothwort tracks violet virginia opossum wet 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

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

Nature’s Sweet Sounds

September 30, 2016 - Forest Dreamers

We Forest Dreamers love action, excitement and adventure! Last week we started taking closer looks at the native and non native plants of Irvine. This week, we took a closer… Read more »

Tags: ancestral knowledge building clay coyote makes man creeping experiment folktales forest dreamers forest kindergarten free exploration free play fun in the rain games games with preschoolers getting muddy hands on learning learning while doing listening to the forest meadow meadow activities milkweed monarch mud native americans nature kindergarten outdoor kindergarten playing with a purpose playing with kids rain play reading school in the rain sneaking stream wet play Wild Nature Play 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

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