Fall 2023 - Week Nine

November 10, 2023  •  Vol. 9

I hope everyone has had a good week and been enjoying the beautiful leaves changing color!

On Monday we revisited the book, “Because of an Acorn” and continued thinking about how trees provide homes, shade, and food for many of the creatures in their nature community. Then when we visited our trees on Third Street to install signs, we also looked out for any animals, birds or bugs we might find there. Afterwards we washed our hands and then the children got busy initiating their own crafts like fairy houses, repeating a beloved craft like yarn “spider webs” or painting rocks for our yet-to-be-named rock snake.

On Tuesday, we did not meet since school was closed, but I’m really looking forward to seeing the Tuesday group this coming week!

On Wednesday, we really paid extra attention to the beautiful leaves in our garden and took an extra bucket on our nature walk to collect our finds. We also thought about how the tree is a focal point of the nature community and when we returned to the garden we made animals from our leaves to show how we are all connected.