If you live anywhere on the east coast of the US, then you know that yesterday was a pretty nice day! Even here in NY it was 62 degrees on March 7th which is pretty cool. I decided it was time to get out for the day and have some fun- especially given we've been hard at work on our house (we listed on Monday!).
We spent the afternoon at the
Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Here's a peek at our fun time! (pardon the cell phone pictures- I broke the memory card for our Canon)
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| Lots of birds are back in town. It was fun to hear all the chatter there yesterday. Check out this terrible picture of a great blue heron its nest. Yes, that's him there standing on the nest. |
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| After we had walked a while we sat for some reading- R11 pulled out her sketch easel (home made) and made some drawings. |
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| This is one of five books we have going right now for read alouds- We started Swallows and Amazons yesterday. We are looking forward to some really fun summer adventure with this one! We stopped and read this for a bit while out and about on the trail. |
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| Then it was back to walking...I9 was our navigator and chose a new route. |
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| J6 loved seeing the changes in the wetlands- still some ice down there, but it is fast fading already. For the moment. I keep thinking winter is going to come in earnest at some point. I guess maybe not this year. |
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| Hi friend! We must have seen 20-30 red winged blackbirds in the trees on an island near the observatory. This is my very favorite bird call- what says spring and summer more than the red-winged black bird call? Go ahead and hit that link to have a listen. |
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| At home we followed with a game of Equate- great math game. |
All in all, it was a great homeschooling day! Over the next 24 hours we'll be back to weather reality for a NY March, but it was a fun day of spring for us.
I'm going to spend the next long while focusing on our school and having a good time with the kids. It's long over due after a month of preparing our house to sell. I'll be able to step up the blogging along with that. I already have some posts to share!
1 comment:
Glad you were able to enjoy the nice weather. My kids went on a bike ride yesterday, but had to turn around when they got to the part of the bike path still covered with snow.
The Swallows and Amazons series is a great set of books. I hope you like it as much as my family does. If you do, I think it would be fun to read Swallowdale and Peter Duck, so that you can read Winter Holiday next winter!
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