Posted on October 18th, 2011 by mountain girl | 1 Comment »
Last weekend we headed out to the Cool Science fair at the UC campus of Colorado Springs. The day was perfect, and Pike’s Peak towering above us added – just a little – to the beauty. First of all, we got some giant bubbles going to set the mood for the day. Caleb and Zia […]
Posted on October 16th, 2011 by mountain girl | 3 Comments »
Have you ever seen an owl pellet? They are those lovely little packages of fur, feathers and bones that owls regurgitate after a satisfying meal of bird or small beast. We bought a box of them at Wild Bear, our local ecology shop in Nederland… and took them home to the dining room table. Mmmm. […]
Posted on October 12th, 2011 by mountain girl | 4 Comments »
We joined up with the unschooling group again yesterday, this time for a hike. We started out at Bobolink Trailhead in Boulder. The trail winds along a creek, and opens into a pool above an old dam. It made a great place to play – especially for the boys, who made up most of the […]
Posted on October 6th, 2011 by mountain girl | 2 Comments »
Zia and I have been doing something called Five in a Row. It uses classic picture books – we’ve started with Madeline – and we read the book once each day for 5 days in a row. After each reading, we explore a different area of learning through the book. The first day we did geography, finding […]
Posted on October 3rd, 2011 by mountain girl | 3 Comments »
Wild Bear Ecology Center here in Nederland hosts an annual event called the Enchanted Forest. It’s held in the woods at Mud Lake, and that is where we found ourselves this weekend. We started out in town at Wild Bear, where a certain Blue Fairy had to get some very important face painting done before […]