January 2011
Outdoor Hour Challenge
and
Winter Wednesday
Blog Carnival
Winter Cattails
Jamie joins the carnival this edition with their Cattails in Winter entry. What a treat to have an entry from their family because she always takes such beautiful photos!Amy and her children share their Winter Cattail Entry. She writes, "It was a bit snowy and chilly this morning, but that did not hinder us from diving right into today's winter challenge." I love this attitude!
Heather submitted their family's Winter Study of Cattails. They are really excited about starting this year-long study....great job finding some cattails to observe even in the snow.
World of Color
Tricia contributes this entry for the carnival: Winter World of Color. I love the blue berries!Monica from Discover Their Gifts writes about their Winter Wednesday Color Walk. She has a clever idea to add to the color activity and don't miss their journal entry.
Karen and her children write about their Winter Wednesday Color Walk. Even thought she says they didn't find many colors, I think they had a great time trying!
Angie from Petra School (Pebblekeeper) shares their family's Winter Color Scavenger Hunt. If you want some winter color, check out their dazzling entry.
Makita shares their Winter Nature Scavenger Hunt with carnival readers. You may be able to adapt her idea to your local area.
Winter Night Sky
Amy from The Teachable Heart writes about their Winter Night Sky and she includes ten things her children found interesting. If you have preschoolers, Amy always shares some great ideas for adapting the challenges to younger children. Angie from Petra School shares their Winter Wednesday January Recap post with many of their activities. I want you to make sure to see her sky photos and see how she took some images through her telescope. Great entry Angie.
Nicole submits a beautiful entry, God was in the mood to brag. I am glad her eyes were open to the opportunity!
Winter Tree and Tree Silhouettes
Angie in GA shares their Tree Silhouettes entry for the carnival. Her boys found some extra treasures to observe during their hike.DorinaLouise from Out Side Blue shares their very special birch tree study as part of this challenge. Please note that they live in a big city and they are finding opportunities for nature study.
Jessy from Our Side of the Mountain submits their Winter Wednesday-Conifers entry for you all to read. They did an excellent study and she shares some great resources that might help you in your pine tree studies.
Heather shares on her blog Kingdom Arrows about their Winter Tree Study. They picked one of my favorite trees to start their year-long tree study.
Winter Snow
Lorus and her kids completed the snow observations and they share their great photos and story on Because of Our Children.Amy from The Teachable Heart shows their family's experiences with Winter Snow . Another wonderful, resourceful entry from their family.
Snow in Georgia! Tricia and her entire family got out to some Winter Nature Study: Snow!
Amy and her family were able to take a snow day walk and she shares their wonderful experiences on her blog Hope is the Word. Here girls saw lots of colors too!
More Georgia snow in Angie's entry: Outdoor Hour Nature Close to Home: Snow. Wonderful snow activity images and I think they had fun and learned something too!
Other Challenges
Quinn's Family has an on-going study of Moths. They share their entry, Outdoor Hour Moths Part 2. From the expressions on her children's faces, I think they are really enjoying their study!Outdoor Hour Challenge #5 Focus Study - Nicole from Journey to Excellence shares one of their series of entries on their focus area of birds. I linked to their owl study and if you are looking for some ideas for your own bird study, I recommend that you take a look.
Bethany from Little Homeschool Blessings submitted their delightful Winter Squirrel Study. She includes a some extra resources and ideas.
That completes this edition of the Outdoor Hour Challenge Blog Carnival. I wanted to mention that if you would like to be on the OHC Blog Carnival email reminder list, I will add your name if you send me an email to let me know you wish to be reminded near the end of the month to send in your carnival submissions. I have been keeping a running list of those that are participating but if you would like me to add your name, just send an email to harmonyfinearts@yahoo.com.
Thank you to all who participated in the challenges in January and a special thank you to those that then sent in entries for the carnival.
Barb-Harmony Art Mom
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