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This Week’s Nature Walk

September 13, 2007 By Jimmie Quick Leave a Comment

We had our nature walk Tuesday afternoon. It was mainly plants and bugs again since we stayed in our apartment complex. But we were pleased to identify a tree — the hornbeam also called blue beech.  Actually, I think it is the Chinese beech (imagine that!). But I can’t find a lot about the Chinese […]

Filed Under: nature study Tagged With: insects, nature journal, nature study, trees

Nature Walks — A New Homeschool Routine

September 7, 2007 By Jimmie Quick 2 Comments

Don’t let my title “A New Homeschool Routine” mislead you. My recent homeschool goal is to incorporate nature study in a regular and consistent way — one nature walk every week and time spent documenting our walk in a nature journal. I’ve done a lot of research and bought some books (used, online; don’t have […]

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Dragonfly Nature Study

May 6, 2006 By Jimmie Quick Leave a Comment

At the zoo in the mountains, we saw this dragonfly resting on the shell of his just-shed exoskeleton.  He was very still and even let me touch his wings.  There are lots of dragonflies all over China and they are often portrayed in Chinese art. I’ve always thought they were fascinating insects.

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