Winning Nature Saturday

Reading other people blogs about nature studying has been giving me an inferiority complex about the whole affair. All I do is put the kids out into the backyard. I'd like to call it masterly inactivity, but it is more like just regular inactivity.
And then, as we were hiking in Fundy this month, I realized, this qualifies! And we do it all the time! I'm winning!


I did adjust my actions a bit, once I had this revelation. Every time we go, I plan to learn one species from the informational placards on the trails. That way, if my kids ask, I'll be able to say, "Oh, yes. That? It's bladder-wrack. See what happens when you squeeze the pods?"

(Dixon Falls trail)

Just a helpful reminder that my homeschool doesn't have to look like so-and-so's homeschool in order to be properly educational.