This morning we completed our lessons and learned a bit more about moss:
read Mossy by Jan Brett
looked at more moss cards by @twigandmoth
drew varieties of moss in our nature journal
worksheets practicing the letter O and S and also some numbers
traced different moss varieties from Nature Anatomy by Julia Rothman
After lunch Elliot and I watched a short video about moss, read The Hen and the Apple Tree from Fables by Arnold Lobel, practiced letters and then played some counting and math games with marbles.
It’s moss week in our nature study! I was really excited for this one since I love moss. We collected some moss from our property over the weekend so Elliot can start studying and last night we watched a cool time lapse video of moss and lichen growing.
Today we only did a few things at home because we met up with friends for a nature hike at a really beautiful preserve:
we learned about different varieties of moss in Nature Anatomy by Julia Rothman and cute cards by @twigandmoth
Elliot started writing his favorite types of moss in our nature journal and painting moss with watercolors, which we will keep building on
a worksheet practicing the letter Oal
Read Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock by Eric A. Kimmel
Put all the moss samples we found from the preserve, along with what we already had in a terrarium to study
It was a fun filled day and we both look forward to more lessons tomorrow.
We started fungus week with some fun projects and lessons. I was also able to find some mushrooms from our yard for us to study, along with a few dried specimens we had from the spring.
we learned the parts of a mushroom from the book Molds, Mushrooms & Other Fungi by Steve Parker
drew a mushroom in our nature journal and labeled the parts
watched a short video from National Geographic, You Didn’t Know Mushrooms Could Do All This, and learned the growth process and so many cool things you can make with mushrooms
completed a cut and paste exercise and created a pattern with a mushroom template from printabletreats.com
read the poem The Elf and The Dormouse by Oliver Herford
checked our fungus project I put together Sunday to see if any mold grew yet, it didn’t
Took a break, a nap, had some lunch and then dove back into our lessons…
Spent some time outside for fresh air and explored the yard for mushrooms
Read Mushrooms in the Rain by Mirra Ginsburg
practiced numbers with my first official lesson design, Mushroom Math
made the cutest little mushrooms from egg carton pieces I got from @magichomeschoolbus
We also practiced the letter F and opposites with some fun worksheets. Besides having a headache all day and Elliot having about 3 tantrums, we checked a lot off our list and had a good day.
