Wednesday, October 21, 2009

The shape of things


On our first foray outdoors in what seems like forever, we decided it was time to gather up all the special rocks we've collected this summer and put them someplace for the winter. L decided they would be "happiest hiding under the snow."

So, we made a nice pile of rocks under our ash tree where they will wait quietly for some snow.

While we were collecting the rocks, the kids noticed that some of them were shaped like circles, there was a diamond-shaped rock, a squarish rock, and even a rock that was "like a line," according to J. We had a great time organizing them and finding a variety of shapes.

This week, why not look around your yard for familiar shapes? Leaves can be triangular, heart-shaped, or roundish. Sticks can resemble letters, slides, or even arrows. Rocks come in all shapes and sizes.

1 comment:

  1. Hello, nice blog there...a lot of fun activity ^^ .Do you mind if I relate your blog from mine, make a link so my reader can view your blog too? I also do some activity in nature education (kind of) in Indonesia...

    Thanks a lot for your information... Where do u live and what you do in environment education there, please share with me if you don't mind ^^

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