Spring 2021

There is nothing like a water fight at the end of a hot day of school. 

Hunting for the perfect flower to make nature mandalas. 

We explored radial symmetry and relaxed in the shade as we created temporary art.  

 

Wonderful Eggs

 

It is the nesting time of year. The kids found some adorable baby sparrows in a bush. 

These junco eggs are hiding in the flower boxes along the front walk. 

Everyone got a turn to spy on the pretty blue robin's eggs in this high nest.

Lots of eager students wanted to see what was inside the tiny chicken egg below. It turned out to just have a small poorly formed yolk, but finding such a tiny egg in the nesting box was a big surprise. 

The 7 chickens are giving us 6-7 eggs each day. It is fun to see the differences in sizes and colors amongst the chickens and even in the same chicken from day to day. 

Mother's Day Flowers

 

This year we learned a bit about the vascular system of plants and experimented with dying white flowers for the mothers. 

We tried both single color stems and splitting the stems to soak in two or three colors of dye.

After patiently waiting a few days for the flowers to pick up color, the kids learned about flower arranging from Sherilyn and created beautiful bouquets. 

The kids made beautiful colorful flower cards to go with their colorful flowers. We have some fantastic budding artists.