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| I love that many of the children make things for each other even during the week |
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| The Hanchetts brought some friends to join us this week! Welcome to another Josie, Silas & Mathias |
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| Asher made a bird feeder! Next to him is a log cabin by Ella :0) |
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| More birds have nested in the cattails! |
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| Cooling off |
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| The Josie's painting together |
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| What's under old logs?? These guys are curious to see! |
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| The Tuesday class made Father's Day crafts with nature finds! |
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| We had a parakeet for a few days....My grand idea of starting a "pet library" fell through. It would be SO fun to have a variety of small pets to rotate around so that everyone could get the experience of a pet without the commitment & expense....but a law-savvy friend strongly advised we not proceed, for liability reasons. I would have loved to have this kind of program continue through our homeschool co op as well, but alas! Not meant to be.....Tweaty Petey has returned to Petco if you are interested! |
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| Major fascination with the old DVD player....I reminded them several times not to do this at home!! |
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| We made s'mores in our solar ovens - much yummy-ness |
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| Found this handy dandy cart for $1 at a yard sale - makes hauling water to the mud kitchen much easier. Ezra was our water man on Friday...with heat index around 100F it was GREAT to have cold water & lots of shade so we could still play outside |
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| Henry & his Hobbit feet |
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| Malachi following in his brother Ben's tinkering footsteps....we go through a lot of tape! |
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| Josie made this from the cattail leaves! |
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| Everyone's a chef! Just like tinkering with old appliances, exploring in water & mud appeals to a very wide age range! |
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| Laying out the leaves for her weaving project |
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| Our Tuesday class this summer is for ages 7-12 & we are delighted to welcome Anneliese Lindberg as our teacher! |
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| Self defense/martial arts time with Anneliese |
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| The children found 5 red-winged blackbird nests in the marsh❤❤ |
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| Our Friday class is for ages 2-12 - inspired by the birds we saw on Tuesday we painted goose feathers! |
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| Using several nature books as inspiration for our feathers, we decorated them with both real & imaginary designs |
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| As always, our tinkerlab is a constant outlet for these creative engineers! |
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| Ben found a couple of empty bird nests & wants to make them into a little house for mice! We are toying with the idea of having a pet library where families can borrow small pets ie mice, hermit crabs, etc. for a week. |
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| Team work! |
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| We need some rain for our creek! All this dry weather makes cooking in a mud kitchen kind of hard! |
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| Mud lady ;0) |
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| Painting with feathers! |
