Category Archives: Outdoor Classroom
Outdoor Classroom: Blue Moon
As you celebrate the end of the a decade, and ring in the new year, take a moment to glance your eyes skyward towards the moon. It will be full for the second time this month, making it a blue … Continue reading
Pinecone Bird Feeder
I love backyard birds. What these small creatures can endure, how far they can travel, and their nearly constant motion amaze me. After a rainstorm, I often go outside and listen to their fluttering movements as they frantically forage for … Continue reading
Where the Other You Lives
Discover the Forest is a new website launched by the Ad Council and USDA Forest Service encouraging kids to get outdoors and enjoy their nearby parks and national forests. The site is designed so tweens (ages 8-12) can navigate it … Continue reading
Outdoor Classroom: Why exactly do fall leaves change color?
It’s official. Fall has arrived in the northwest. Not that we didn’t already have signs~ the sun setting earlier, cooler evenings. But today, the cloudless blue sky was quickly covered by a cloudy blanket. The wind whisked the mounting mass … Continue reading
Mother Nature’s Fireworks
Shooting stars – nothing quite captures the imagination and puts the universe in perspective like a meteor. It makes us dream of space travel, wonder about the mutable nature of space and time, and stare in awe at Mother Nature’s … Continue reading
Outdoor Classroom: Navigating by Stars
“What if I were lost in the dark?” It’s a thought that has haunted humans – young and old alike – forever. There are lots of markers in the natural world for orienting yourself – the sun, lichen growing on … Continue reading
Outdoor Classroom: Songbirds
The days are getting longer and the temperatures a bit warmer. With summer around the corner, daybreak is alive with bird songs. As the summer progresses the forest and bird feeders come alive with songbirds. Your kids will notice, and … Continue reading
Easy Ways Kids Can Save the World: Lemonade Stand
SAVING THE WORLD. Notice I capitalized it to make it seem big. It actually might seem a bit less daunting to a child, than a been-around-the-block adult. Pull it together Dad. Mom, super heroes do it all the time. There … Continue reading
Outdoor Classroom: Hummingbird Feeder
There’s a simple way to make the backyard a little wilder even if you call the city home. by Becca Cahall We’ve all seen children’s eyes widen at the sight of a butterfly weaving across a backyard breeze or deer … Continue reading