Recently a few Instagram accounts put out a Nature Poetry Play prompt for a month of Spring Poetry inspired play. I decided to play along with my children, but of course adding a bit of math fun into the mix! The prompts were: WEEK 1 – EARTH WEEK 2 – FIRE WEEK 3 – AIR WEEK 4 – WATER Come…
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NOW CLOSED! The Art and Photography Competition 2021 offers a great opportunity to showcase masterpieces of art created and photographs taken through the year by the whole family, including mum and dad. It’s a fun way to wrap up our nature study adventures for 2021. The competition opens on 22nd October 2021 and will close on 26th November 2021. Winners…
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There are more insects in the world than any type of animal. If you pay attention and observe the space around you, you’d notice many different kinds. Bugs hum, buzz, and whiz about us in the suburbs, parks, farmlands, bushland, waterways, and everywhere. Creepy crawlies work hard pollinating blossoms, vegetables, fruits, and grains. Some of us hate them and others…
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Spring is celebrating its arrival with a fantastic show of buds, blossoms, and flowers. Rainbow colours are scattered across gardens and bushlands as plants proudly declare the beginning of a new season. As a flower observer, spring offers the opportunity to see again with new eyes and to search for and observe plants we may have missed seasons before. Perhaps,…
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Celebrating Math In Nature! Hello! Welcome to the 149th Playful Math Education Blog Carnival – Celebrating Math in Nature! I’m so glad you have stopped by as we are going to have fun looking at lots of ways in which you can combine a love for nature with a love for math. It’s time to discover, explore and investigate the…
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When the sun starts to shine and the winter cold has disappeared, it’s time for an outside treasure hunt! It’s time to hunt for bugs! Put on your boots! Grab a magnifying glass, a butterfly net, and a jar, and come with us to find some mini-beasts! There are so many insects, bugs, arachnids, and invertebrates hiding in your backyard!…
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Spring is the perfect time to create your very own herbarium. A Herbarium is a collection of plants that have been pressed, dried, identified, and filed. The collection of plants can be from your own backyard to a woodland or coastal area you like to explore. If you’d like to collect plant specimens from public land or a conservation park,…
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Have you ever seen a Platypus in the wild? Our mission for our nature study this month was to search for the Platypus. We knew that it was not going to be easy to spot this elusive creature, so forward planning was in order to give us a better chance. I also thought that it would be a great opportunity…
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All the wonder of springtime is hidden in the bud of a waiting flower; and when you come on millions of them at once – well, you just hold your breath and give yourself over to the marvel. ~ Amy Mack (A Bush Calendar, pg. 104). (Winter’s) resting time is over, and millions upon millions of little buds are justing…
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I wonder if you are finding it hard to incorporate nature study into your week? Some of you are not living next door to the beach, rain forest, or national park. Going out with your little ones may seem a little too hard. I understand, I’ve been there. I know you want to feel the freedom of being outside, of…
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Have you ever considered how much math you can cover as you study the weather? From the graceful arc of the rainbow, the incredible formations of the clouds, to the seasonal variation in temperature, come on a weather discovery adventure with me and add some math to your day. Because we have such long dry summers, when it rains, it…
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