Worm Farms

I hate worms! I really hate worms. I must have been about five when my brother traumatized me by throwing a worm on my leg and then laughing hysterically when the worm stuck to my leg. I stood there screaming and do you think he helped? Not a chance. YUCK!

Guess what? The boys love worms. Lucky me. I am starting to come around, but I still think they are gross.

We made a small worm farm in a plastic cup about a week ago and even I'll admit it was cool to watch them dig holes. So today, we made a BIGGER, better worm farm.

It is super simple to make. In a see through container alternate layers of dirt and sand, put worms inside, top with dead leaves and a black cloth, then watch them go to town!

If you feel a burning desire to learn more about worms, we (and by we, I mean the boys) like this book!

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ABCs of Trees

We went to another program, The ABC's of Trees, at Spring Valley. It was very miserable, rainy day to be outside and take long walks with Kindergarten age kids and their tag along siblings. The children were real troopers though and got to see some really great first signs of Spring. (Which, by the way, can't come fast enough for me!) After our walk the kids got to come inside the toasty nature center for some activities. They created leaf rubbings, learned about the water cycle, listened to a puppet show and discovered the things trees need to grow and why they are important. And most importantly, they got to see their box turtle friend! The box turtle is their favorite because, unlike the other turtles at the Nature Center, the box turtle is very well camouflaged in the prairie grasses. The boys love the challenge of finding him.

Blue + Yellow = Green

It didn't work out how I had planned, but they got the idea.

(Really, we do get out of our PJs)

More of the RootVue Farm

Still Growing!

Spring is in the Air....

Not really, but the recent heat wave (of like, 40) made us decided to break out our RootVue farm. 3 days ago, we prepared the soil (it is cute to see Dylan explain Oxygen and "Carmon Doxide" to Nathan) and planted. Sure enough today there were the beginnings of a radish....

Our Little Plant
Journaling our observations.

It has roots!