HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!! Have big plans for the weekend? Do they involve being outdoors? It has been nice weather around here lately. And you know it is almost time.
It is just a few days away!!! The first official day of SPRING is Tuesday, March 21st!!!!
We have been seeing signs of SPRING for a while now. It is my very favorite time of year.
Fresh, new life emerges all around us. And this time of year is when we start spending a ton of time outdoors. Playing and learning.
Yesterday we found a family of lizards. The boys were quick to point out how we are seeing lizards more because it is getting warmer. And it was a lovely warm day.
Ryan had to try to catch one........they were too quick.
Will you do anything special on Tuesday with your children? Do you take the opportunity to teach them about the changing season? Here are a few things we have done in the past and I am sure will do again this SPRING!!!!
We love to pack a basket full of goodies and a blanket and head down to the park. Our park of course has a playground, but it also has a nature trail with little ponds all along the way.
Not only does our basket contain snacks and water I also include books. All about nature!!! I can't tell you how many times we have sat outdoors reading a book about bugs and then come across them. It makes the boys so excited to KNOW what they are seeing.
I sometimes take our Nature Journal with us. Sometime it is easier to leave it at home and journal when we are back and rested. Here is my very simple Nature Journal I put together for the boys last spring.
And you can't start SPRING without planting something!!! You just can't! A garden, flowers, a tree. Just plant something and watch it grow!!!!! These are flowers the boys planted during our Dr. Seuss week. They are sprouting up everywhere. I am sure we will plant something else next Tuesday to celebrate the arrival of SPRING!!!!!!
So what do you have planned for the first officially day of SPRING?
Plan something that has to do with NATURE!!!!!
Enjoy your weekend and get OUTSIDE and have some FUN!!!!
WARNING: take allergy medicine prior to being outdoors in the SPRING!
1 comment:
We enjoy going on nature walks too! It is a time we treasure together. We walk near a good size pond here in our town. We have found all kinda of wonderful treasures! Recently,on a walk at the pond, my older son said, "mommy one day when I am an old man I will have many stories to share with my children" and I was touched! I love your collection of great living books about bugs n nature. Do the boys do good holding the bugs and lizards? All the lizards are so green. Hope we will find some of those little fellas soon. Your garden looks soooo good! Looks like things are really taking off already! Happy Friday, Angelia in Tx
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