Showing posts with label hyannis public library classes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hyannis public library classes. Show all posts

Thursday, August 11, 2011

If you can't take them out to the pond...

then bring a little bit of pond inside for them!

As you know by now, I always prefer to do nature lessons outside but right now I'm doing a series of classes at the Hyannis Public Library and so the classes are inside. Last week we did a little exploring with some tide pools in buckets and this week we explored some pond animals and plants...
I love to watch kids interact directly with wild animals--even tiny wild animals like this little painted turtle. They are a little shy and nervous at first but then they really get into it.
This young lady had a whole conversation going on....
We ended the session making some turtles and frogs of our own and as you can see we had some grown up helpers as well. I always want to give the grown ups their own projects but well, you know how it is sometimes....

Anyway, we've been having a great time in this class. One more session on August 25!