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How and Why to Make a Composter

by Erika

Amazed by how much life relies on rot, the kids wanted to know if they could create a composter, so they could see the rot close up. I credit The Magic School Bus Meets The Rot Squad: A Book About Decomposition for developing this fascination. Since, composting also provides some amazing soil for use in […]

Filed Under: Ages and Stages, Blog, Kindergarten, Nature Study, Pre-K, Preschool, Science Tagged With: Compost, Gardening, Nature Book Club, The Nature Book Club

How to Save Migrating Monarchs & Empower Our Kids to Help

by Erika

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has filed a petition to list monarch butterflies as endangered. The verdict on whether these beautiful and important pollinators will be registered as threatened or endangered is due June 2019! Monarchs who are born in the summer don’t migrate. Their offspring, on the other hand, born in the fall […]

Filed Under: Blog, Nature Study, Science, Science and Math Tagged With: Monarch Butterflies, Nature Book Club, Nature Study, The Nature Book Club

Flower Suncatchers for Toddlers and Preschoolers

by Erika

  Flower Suncatchers for Toddlers and Preschoolers based on Miss Lady Bird’s Wildflowers: How a First Lady Changed America As part of The Nature Book Club this month we are learning about prairie flowers. Prairie flowers are wildflowers that bloom in late summer and are typically found in a prairie. Some examples include Coneflowers, Milkweed, […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Nature Book Club, The Nature Book Club

STEAM Challenge – Does Water Ever Flow Up?

by Erika

  Does Water Ever Flow Up? STEAM Challenge Our kids are naturals at generating life experiences with gravity. One good fall on the playground or a dropped Popsicle is often all it takes for our little ones to get the concept. We just need to supply the vocabulary. Gravity is also the force that keeps […]

Filed Under: Ages and Stages, Blog, Kindergarten, Pre-K, Preschool, Science, Science and Math Tagged With: Nature Book Club, STEAM Challenge, The Nature Book Club

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