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Wildflowers and Herbs Unit Study

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October 4, 2016 By Jennifer Lambert 5 Comments

We’ve been exploring for months all the herbs and wildflowers near our home.

Wildflowers and Herbs Unit Study

The kids went on a hike in the woods with my old camera and took fun pictures of interesting finds!

I love how excited they were to show me this humongous grasshopper on a branch.
Big Grasshopper
Tori loved this big mushroom in the detritus.
Albatrellus Mushroom
They took several pictures of the water patterns in the creek.
Creek Water Patterns
We always stop to watch the honeybees!
Honeybee on Blackberry Bushes

I love that the kids have the freedom to explore the woods near our house. I encourage them to get out there every day to see the changes taking place with the seasons.

They’ve been fascinated with wildflowers and herbs lately.

We’ve acquired some fun books as gifts and from thrift stores, and I bought a few. The library had some too!
Wildflower Resources

Natural Medicine

We also went on a family walk in the woods and brought our wildflower guidebook with us.

Wildflower Guidebook
We loved this very tall thistle!
Tall Thistle

Thistle
Wild St John's Wort
Foxgloves are my favorite!
Foxgloves

We noticed some lovely flowers popping up all over!

We love notebooking about what we’re learning about:

Flowers and Weeds Notebooking Pages


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Learning About Seeds

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March 1, 2016 By Jennifer Lambert 13 Comments

We’re studying botany for science for the next few months.
We read the Parable of the Sower and about the mustard seed in Bible.

We’re learning about seeds and longing for spring.

We’re seeing a few signs of spring, but also more snow and ice. It’s a lovely dichotomy.
We’re using Exploring Creation with Botany by Apologia as our text and the kids each have an Exploring Creation with Botany Notebooking Journal.

Alex loves his first junior notebooking journal! The girls each have their first regular journals.

There are pages to draw or color, writing sections, puzzles, and lapbooking components.

Botany Notebooking Journals

We compared sunflower seeds and bean seeds. We found the hilum and embryo.

Bean and Sunflower Seeds

Dad helped us to dissect our soaked bean seeds to see the embryo.

Dissecting a Bean Seed

We also placed bean seeds in plastic bags with wet paper towels to view the germination.

Since it’s still so cold here, we taped them to the windowsill by the radiator instead of to our sliding glass door which is in the coldest hallway in our house.

Seed Sprouting

We’ve been observing some early signs of spring like my chives and daffodils sprouting.

Daffodils and Chives

We have some wildflowers to plant when the ground gets a little warmer. We will observe bees and pollination.

Wildflower Seed Mix

Katie found this little curly seed at the park and proudly brought it home.

We’ll hold onto it to see what kind of leaves it has.

Learning About Seeds

And here are our bean seeds after ONE WEEK!

Bean Seeds After One Week

I think it’s important for kids to learn where food comes from and how much work farming is.

We’ve had nice gardens in the past with fruits and vegetables. They love to plant, weed, water, watch, and harvest the bounty – and cook, can/preserve, and eat it!

We’re excited to start our garden when the ground gets warmer!

Resources:

  • Learning About Seeds + Printables
  • Science of Spring
  • Learning About Seeds from Untrained Housewife
  • Tons of Seeds Activities from How Wee Learn
  • Tot School: Seeds from Kara Carrero
  • Montessori Seeds from Playful Learning
  • Scholastic Seeds
  • Growing Seeds from Play Dough to Plato
  • PreKinders Seeds
  • Grow Sprouts
  • How to Start Seeds
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Utah Wildflowers

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June 26, 2013 By Jennifer Lambert 7 Comments

We went camping and got these lovely Utah wildflower pictures!

desert-nature-study.jpg

Alex wanted to climb the hill.

hiking in the desert

Look at this beauty on the beach!

orange desert flowers

yucca

yucca.jpg

blooming in the rocks

rocky bloom.jpg

fuzzy buds

fuzzy blooms.jpg

yellow wonder

yellow desert flower.jpg

windblown tree

windblown tree.jpg

prickly pear cactus with buds

cactus.jpg

a kind of moss

moss.jpg

a lovely succulent flowering

flowering succulent.jpg

deer prints. big ones.

deer prints

I think the deer slept here

deer bed.jpg

precious little desert daisy

desert daisy.jpg

love yellow!

pretty yellow flower.jpg

almost ready to burst

prickly cactus.jpg

and here’s one who couldn’t hold it in any longer

purple cactus flower.jpg

lovely lichen on rocks

orange lichen.jpg

yellow daisy-like flowers

yellow daisies.jpg

Here’s the view from the top of the hill. Lovely! That’s our campsite with friends. We have the white truck.

campers

Do your own wildflower study!
We love notebooking about nature!

Flowers and Weeds Notebooking Pages
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