outdoor hour challenge

Summer Weather

“Those look like beach clouds.” We must have said that dozens of times this summer. We remember from past beach…
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Recently we had an up-close and personal experience with a night time critter. Right in our own backyard! Remember our…
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Enjoy these ideas for a fun summer sunflowers homeschool study and for having fun while digging deep into learning about…
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Sharing a summary of some exciting backyard finds! Our youngest boy found the little creature pictured above as he was…
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Bird watching. It’s what we do. Especially eldest boy, above. He’s the one that fills the feeders and makes the…
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I developed the taste for squash quite a while ago. Squash casseroles being a summer mainstay here in the south….
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With my coffee perched in one hand I pull up the blind with the other. That’s when I catch my…
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Eldest Boy, a.k.a. My Backyard, has a passion for bird watching, is our resident bird feeder filler and is sharing…
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With the excitement of the new direction of the Outdoor Hour Challenges in our minds, we turned to our hydrangeas….
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We love our birds and enjoy watching them. So, for our spring time nature study, each of the children chose…
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(Photo of Queen Anne’s lace full of seeds at summer’s end in September). Back last summer we had a time…
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“The birds are singing!” ~ five-year-old “The grass is turning green.” ~ 11-year-old “I get to stay outside later because…
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Often times while our two eldest girls enjoy Drama Troupe, the rest of us troop over to Mama Ann’s for…
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