More Not Back to School Week at the Park

Another day of learning in the great outdoors. Today was chilly and windy and threatening rain, though it looked fine when we left the house... So of course we had no jackets. Thankfully, I had long pants for Mikro in the car, and he pulled them on over his shorts. I wrapped him in a beach towel, and me in our picnic blanket, and we sat in the gazebo, to protect the books in the event it rained. It never did. Mikro got in some running around, and jumping up to try to touch the willow tree branches. He has a thing for willows. He says they are friends. He also loves oaks, for the acorns... (I'm partial to birches, myself.)

And we read books about barracudas and herons, did some math and grammar, read a book of riddles, and watched sparrows shelter from the wind under the picnic tables. Then we went to the playground. Later at home, we did some googling on herons. They are one of Mikro's favorite birds. Didn't see any today, but one went over our heads yesterday, and we saw them flying over the river all summer.



We ran into a couple who had talked to someone at the Nature Center today, and they told us they are doing rennovations. So hopefully things will improve soon, and they will start doing programs again... I'm glad to know what is happening there.