I got the idea on mamapapabubba.com. This blog is written by a Canadian mum, Jen and she's got great ideas I love stealing. The spring nature hunt is one of them.
So I was in a rush to prepare everything, because in the park where I was planning to do the nature hunt the grass is growing very high and it is likely to be mowed in the near future. Then we would lose all the wild flowers, high grass and our fun activity.
I've got and old muffin tray. It was in a very poor condition, so I sprayed it gold. This served as the receptacle (= a new word for me meaning: a container for storing or putting objects in) Then I made Daddy print the pictures of some nature items that I'd put together the previous night.
Our native nanny, A. arrived at 10.30 today and we were ready to set off.
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| E. is identifying what to look for |
At firs E. was carrying the tray around, then we put it in the push chair.
E. is not a great fan of walking (she prefers to be carried), but this time she was running around looking for the items on the list, filling up the tray.
I thought it wouldn't be easy to find seeds, so I took some wheat seeds with me from home, but A. was very attentive and found some. I didn't need to fake anything :)
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| wheat heads |
We also bumped into some bees and beetles we needed to observe closely.
One of E.'s favourite flowers is the dandelion and its clock. Now she didn't blow the seeds away, but collected them in the tray.
E. succeeded in tucking a big horse chestnut tree leaf in the hole. Well done, girl!
We found a shamrock with four leaves. We'll be lucky :)
Finding soil fascinated E. the most.
It was hard to find buds, but we managed in the end.
At home A. and E. went on to read E.'s nature book she got for Easter.
I'd like to thank Jen for the great idea. We spent a lovely hour with searching, enjoying the sunshine and learning a lot about nature.
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