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Reuniting Kids w/ Nature – Bird Feeders

MATERIALS: Natural materials (pine cones or sticks) or an empty, plastic water bottle, etc, peanut butter, bird seed, a butter knife, string, scissors TIME FRAME: 15 - 60 minutes PROCEDURE: This activity can get very messy!  If it can be done outside, perfect!  If not, be sure to do it on top of a table cloth that can get dirty!…
July 17, 2013

Reuniting Children w/ Nature – Bird Nests

Who doesn't love stumbling upon a fallen (though empty) bird's nest? They spark endless questions about where it fell from, what kind of bird might have created it, and what materials were gathered to do so. There are wonderings about how many eggs were laid, how many hatched, and where those sweet babes may have flown off to once old…
January 23, 2013