I am always trying to find different ways to share books with wingnut. I tried reading ‘The Tale of Peter Rabbit’ to him but he had no interest in it. I went on-line and found these short videos of Beatrix Potter’s works. Some are a moving sideshow and others are part of the animated show. [...]

This month one of the Outdoor Hour Challenges was for twigs. The suggestion was to bring a twig home and observe it and for once wingnut was willing to do it. Woot! We started out with a walk to get outside. Even though the temperature was thirty-five degrees it was quite warm in the sun. [...]

For December one of the Outdoor Hour Challenges from Handbook of Nature Study was evergreen trees. Once again wingnut was not interested in this activity, so I decided to pick the tree. At a local park there is a section that has a patch of old Christmas trees and I wanted to find out what [...]

For this months Handbook of Nature Study the suggestions were; thistle, maple seeds, November world, and seasonal weather. This post is our walk exploring nature in November. Moss, it is everywhere. Collecting woolly bear caterpillar. Discovering dog tracks. Fall colors. Hiding behind grass. A local River with high tide because of all the rain. What [...]

For this months Handbook of Nature Study the suggestions were; thistle, maple seeds, November world, and seasonal weather. This post is all about seasonal weather. Our rainy weather has begun here which has caused wingnut to ask many questions about rain, so I decided we could make a rain gauge. This is the gauge on [...]

For this months Handbook of Nature Study the suggestions were; thistle, maple seeds, November world, and seasonal weather. This post is all about maple seeds. There was a funny coincidence that happen when the newsletter came out, the day before we were at the park and I saw some helicopters, that is what I have [...]

For this months Handbook of Nature Study the suggestions were; fall colors, chipmunks, leaves up close, and house sparrows. This post is all about Leaves up Close. I must confess up front that wingnut was not interested in this project. I did keep trying to engage him by trying different activities which I am going [...]

At the beginning of the year I put together quite a few of these bags. Basically they are science experiments in a bag. That way when it comes time to do some science, all we have to do is pull out a bag and go; no need to search the house or go to the [...]