tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2682457774245843924.post7325605688212763895..comments2024-03-23T08:55:43.666-07:00Comments on Joyous Lessons: Nature Study Outing :: Lichen!Celestehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834674328751444179noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2682457774245843924.post-48162887483720079142016-08-12T06:57:16.996-07:002016-08-12T06:57:16.996-07:00Hi Elizabeth! We have done it a number of differen...Hi Elizabeth! We have done it a number of different ways over the years. Some years we haven't planned at all and just let our own discoveries guide us. Some years we have tried to hit as many docent-led walks as out local nature center offered and based our studies around that. Other years (like this year) we have done nature study as a group and worked to choose one topic for the year, which we then explored in a monthly object lesson/journaling session together. On the off weeks, we were back to simple exploration-based learning. This coming year, we have kind of a large nature study group, so I think we're going to up our lessons to twice monthly, one on a topic (birds) and one on nature journaling and observation skills/practice. <br /><br />So the short answer is that for us, it has been a combination of methods over the years, and all have been successful because they have gotten us outside and journaling every week. Whatever works! :)Celestehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05834674328751444179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2682457774245843924.post-79525073570290433952016-08-10T11:47:51.979-07:002016-08-10T11:47:51.979-07:00How do you plan your nature lesson/studies out for...How do you plan your nature lesson/studies out for the year? Do you just study what you find or do you have a plan of what you intend to cover over the terms?? THanks!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15857324752719905376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2682457774245843924.post-60405943323690180162014-02-15T21:10:03.982-08:002014-02-15T21:10:03.982-08:00Thank you for sharing, Amber--checking it out now....Thank you for sharing, Amber--checking it out now. :)Celestehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05834674328751444179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2682457774245843924.post-72792361966660663072014-02-15T19:35:54.598-08:002014-02-15T19:35:54.598-08:00OK, I did! http://flareoflight.blogspot.com/2014/...OK, I did! http://flareoflight.blogspot.com/2014/02/nature-walk-mosses-and-lichens.html We walked down to the creek again on Tuesday and I finally got a chance to do something with them. Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12689104216675201913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2682457774245843924.post-11358025942083850842014-02-12T11:29:10.964-08:002014-02-12T11:29:10.964-08:00In case you need to make Valentine's Cards. A ...In case you need to make Valentine's Cards. A friend took a picture of lichen that she shot during a nature walk and used the caption, "I'm lichen you!" :Dwalkinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05046468024103932112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2682457774245843924.post-71225567461620676432014-02-11T09:51:54.118-08:002014-02-11T09:51:54.118-08:00A rain walk??! So fun! I hope you'll share p...A rain walk??! So fun! I hope you'll share photos of the lichen and moss where you live if you get the opportunity. I'm finding algae/fungi to be a great mini-focus for winter because, like you said, they're abundant during that season when not much else is. ;) Celestehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05834674328751444179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2682457774245843924.post-13204134737698112492014-02-10T22:07:02.062-08:002014-02-10T22:07:02.062-08:00I went out with my oldest three kids for a rain wa...I went out with my oldest three kids for a rain walk on Saturday and we saw some amazing specimens! All the rain we've had up here has made for some beautiful lichen. Some of them (I'm assuming they are lichens, but really I have no idea. I think I need that guide book too!) look like small ferns growing off the tree. On one oak by the creek we saw at least four different kinds growing closely together. If it hadn't been raining, I would have loved to take some pictures... but if it hadn't been raining, I suppose it wouldn't have looked as amazing as it did.Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12689104216675201913noreply@blogger.com