Our friends from the Retzer Nature Center came to celebrate at Woodside one last time this year before we visit them the next two months. Today, we were planning on celebrating spring, but Mother Nature had something different in mind.
Despite snowstorms outside, we practiced our search for spring inside and kicked it off with a plant discussion, dissection, and dramatization.
After discussing, handling, and divvying up real and paper flower parts,
we learned the value of insects (mainly bees) and the need for insects in our world by practicing pollination.
Then, we reviewed the life cycle by meting some frogs and toad and discussing metamorphosis and the "double lives" of amphibians.
Of course, since we recently learned many bird calls, we felt compelled to repeat the process with frog and toad sounds. Practice makes perfect so we gave it a try with a variety of different calls before wrapping up the indoor portion of our day with a "frog chorus."
Then, it was time to head outside for signs of spring. At least that was the initial plan. Nature Kindergarten is all about flexibility so we searched for colors, shapes, and textures instead.
We found plenty of each and even had some time to play. It's hard to believe there are less than two months left, especially with all the snow on the ground. Hopefully, in our next Retzer experience, well see some signs of spring and even more frogs and toads as we head to Retzer and visit the pond.
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