"Live in the sunshine. Swim in the sea. Drink the wild air." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
The two things I love most about this area of our room is that it's
mostly been built by the students. It houses their treasures (as they
deem them) which they constantly show off to one another. And second,
behind each of their nature finds is usually a story or memory of some
special outing they had with a friend or their family---which they're
always eager to share! Many of them even chose to write their personal
narratives about their nature related adventures at the beginning of the
year.
Many of our treasures don't stay for long though as the children are
constantly bringing in new finds and there's only so much space! Here
have been some of the favorites though so far this year...
One student brought in a birds nest, so I found some quail eggs online
to order to go along with it. We've had sea shells from various summer
vacations, parts of bee and wasp hives, butterfly wings... and the list
truly could go on.
Probably by far the most favored part of our nature center is our class
pet toad, Frodo (because The Lord of the Rings was a tad to long of a
name). Frodo also has a book (class community journal) about all of his
many adventures authored by the students.
We also keep a small--yet most used--part of our class library dedicated
to nature related books. Here have been some recent favored books from
it:
The center also houses the students' phenology journals and nature study sketchbooks:
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