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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! Wednesday Forest Dreamers 3.4.2020

March 10, 2020 - Forest Dreamers

Greetings from the Forest! In Forest Dreamers Week 4, the students impressed us with their curiosity and stamina! We once again hiked out down Bauer Road, past the Native American… Read more »

Tags: art bones building creative feathers invasive museum native naturalist Privet science Spice bush stories trail vulture

Week 12 Forest Dreamers! 12-04-19

December 12, 2019 - Forest Dreamers

Good Morning to all the dreamers and their families! In week 12 of class we dove into the mystery of animal tracks! Our morning activity included drawing tracks, guessing which… Read more »

Tags: animals burrows Community footprints fun grass insects mammals meadow scat science tracks trees in winter winter winter fun

Week 11 Forest Dreamers! 11-20-19

December 4, 2019 - Forest Dreamers

Welcome families! In week 11 of Forest Dreamers we roamed back to the Native American site. We started our day with our morning circle! Today we had chocolate scented play dough… Read more »

Tags: creative arts mammals Native American predator Prey science sensory play shelter trees winter winter activities

Biomimicry: Stick it and float it

September 27, 2017 - Earth Friends, Preschool

What a great second week!  This week we finished up our conversation about burrs and velcro from last week and did a really fun experiment velcro and we also created… Read more »

Tags: acorns algae biomimicry black walnuts cattails Earth Friends Earth Friends Homeschool Eastern american toad Fowler's toad Garter snake Homeschool at Irvine Irvine Homeschool Irvine Nature Center oak red oak science science experiment snapping turtle velcro water striders white oak

Snowy Science

February 10, 2013 - Preschool Weekly

This Week’s Adventures: We were in the mood for making experiments this week! Favorite Activities: We did loads of fun experiments including one with borax that created crystals. We also… Read more »

Tags: ice math ideas science science experiments snow water winter winter activities

Planet Pals Love Nature

February 10, 2012 - Preschool Weekly

This Week’s Adventures: We fell more in love with nature as we dreamed up ways to help and care for our Earth. Favorite Activities: We helped wild animals by offering food such as nuts and… Read more »

Tags: Earth nature preschool respect for earth science

Scientists for Nature

December 3, 2011 - Preschool Weekly

This Week’s Adventures: We were scientists this week! Favorite Activities: We used the scientific method to do all kinds of experiements, both indoors and out! We also wrote the letter… Read more »

Tags: experiments nature preschool preschool experiments preschool inquiry science Science & Inquiry winter

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