We had a chance today to enjoy the spring weather and complete our small square project. My son picked the spot and marked it out for us. Right away he picked the big objects out but I challenged him to list all the small items he found in his square. He used his magnifying glass and we used a small stick to dig around in the dirt a bit and we found a few things to be interested in.
We found quite a few of these clusters from the tree near the square. I suspect they are full of pollen since I noticed when they are on the tree that they send off little "puffs" of something every so often in the breeze.
Then we found some of these little plants that are not grass or dandelions.
A few misc. seeds were underneath the leaves in our square and we have no idea what kind they are.
We both enjoyed digging around in the soil and we did see one small ant.
Here is his journal entry for the day.
We are both interested to identify the tree that the clusters came from so that is our assignment for the next week. It is hard to identify since it currently has very small leaves and doesn't look anything like the tree we see in the summer.
That was our Outdoor Hour assignment this week, nothing fancy right in our own yard but still very interesting.
Barb-Harmony Art Mom
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