The little boys colored this maze of a bee flying to a flower.  We briefly talked to them about how the bees help with pollination. Then they were off to get dirty and be pre-schoolers…

We’ve been using The Handbook of Nature Study and The Young Naturalist as our resources.  Today we printed out this Venn diagram and had the older kids walk around outside and observe and record the differences between flowering and non-flowering plants.  It was interesting because Foster thought that the if the flower just had a bud that hadn’t bloomed it would be categorized as non-flowering. I explained the difference and helped them find a bush in our neighbor’s yard that was a true non-flowering plant.

 We also planted flower seeds in clear plastic cups.  Our experiment is to put each cup (3 per family) in different locations in our house to observe how the different amounts of light effect their growth.

It may take a week or more for the seeds to sprout but we will keep checking and observe and record their progress.