Week #5 - The Nest

This week was a little off.  We were recovering from our long week of traveling last week and we're all getting through some sinus stuff ~ in other words - mommy has taken some sick days and hasn't had much time for school stuff.

We did manage to go on a nature walk and collect things that birds might use to make a nest.  I had to carefully explain to Garrett every time he tried to pick up a HUGE stick that a bird probably wouldn't be able to lift and fly with that to make a nest.  After much prodding, he finally did find some smaller things that he was satisfied could make a nest - although that large stick (4 feet long) was top on his list!  We simply glued them down to cardboard to make the nest.

I also had them sit on the floor and pretend they were baby birds.  I was the mommy bird bringing them worms and sheltering them under her wings ~ just like God protects us under his wings.  The really liked this game, but after over an hour of "chirping" instead of talking - we stopped the baby bird role playing and went back to being humans :)

I also found this cute online game that you matched the animal to its home.  The link is here.

We did do an experiment called "ice fishing" - unrelated to The Nest - but Garrett is all about doing "experiments".  Place ice cube in beaker, place string on it, sprinkle with salt - wait 2 minutes - lift and watch what happens to the ice cube.

Next week we'll be learning about turtles as we head to the beach for a week!  I should have TONS of pictures next post of all of our adventures!

~Rebecca