JDaniel dragged a plastic table off the deck and began searching the yard for items that he could display on his backyard nature center table.
He took the job very seriously and placed only things he really wanted to display on it. Flowers from bushes in the yard didn’t make the cut. Wood and dirt along with other ground coverings were necessary.
Once the items had been gathered, they had to be arranged in a specific way. The background of why each item is placed where was not shared with me by the display’s curator. I was advised that it should remain just the way it is.
When he finished, he was left with a dilemma. Who would visit his nature center table? The two preschool-age boys next door were invited over along with their dad to view it. One visit seemed to be enough for them.
So, today I am inviting you to view his backyard nature center display. A display of this kind deserves visitors beyond the ones available in our neighborhood.
Feel free to stop by often and share your thoughts on this wonderful exhibit. The actual display will remain open until early summer when the director of the backyard will probably remove it.
If you choose to open a display like this in your backyard, please let me know I would love to visit it virtually too.
This post is being linked to Alphabe Thursday.
What a great way to learn about nature, your boy is very clever!!
He is always thinking!
Thanks for inviting me, I’ll be bringing my magnifying glass to check this out a little closer 😉
I hope you don’t find any creepy crawlers!
My goodness! So very creative and FUN!!
He has really enjoyed it.
I love it so much when kids collect nature. It reminds me to stop and appreciate it myself, which is something I tend to forget to do in my hurriedness as an adult!
JDaniel is really creative to set up such a booth in the backyard. We live in an apartment so the closest the kids can get to nature is when we bring them to the park on the weekends.
I bet they love to go to the park and explore.
That is a very nice collection he found from the backyard.
I have girls so I’m sure flowers would make the cut for the table.
I think flowers would look awesome on the table. If you lived closer, I bet your girls could convince my guy to add them.
I love the nest!! That’s a real find. You should hook it up with These Little Waves and Mama Wants This – they’re having their memories captured linkup, and you could probably get it lots of hits that way!
Thank you for the tip! I did link up!
What a cute idea! I can so see my little girl doing this one day-although I’m certain the flowers will end up on the table and not the dirt. 🙂
Flowers would be so much prettier than dirt.
This line cracked me up: One visit seemed to be enough for them.
When you aren’t allowed to touch the exhibit items, you quickly loose interest in the exhibit.
Wow that is so cool! He is very creative!
I love getting to see what he comes up with.
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Love the nest!
=)
It is my favorite part of the display too.
Very neat! Maybe JD will be a museum curator one day 🙂
He might be a very good one. Right now he wants to be a robot scientist.
This is great! I think next tims he should display some live things like bugs and worms 😉
Wonderful display. Thanks for sharing!
I am not sure the living things would stay on the table. They would be a great addition!
How nice to be able to make a virtual visit to such a wonderful exhibit! Thank you!
Thank you so much for stopping by!
You are a great mom! I mean director:)
My son is like a cat; always bringing ‘treats’ from the backyard that I could do without seeing.
It sounds like he could create quite a display!
What a lovely idea. You are a great mom.
He comes up with ideas like this all the time!
I’m happy to virtually visit his nature center display! Tell him I especially love the nest & feather 🙂
I sure will! Thank you for stopping by!
Definitely and absolutely deserves more admirers with that nature center table, JDaniel! What a fantastic idea!
I am so glad I can add you to the list!
This is such a fantastic idea. Thank you for sharing!
I loved it too!
Love the idea of a museum in your back yard! Wish we could stop by to see it.
We can create a NY branch of the museum when we come to visit you this summer.
You have to love what boys find. We just got back from a trip to the beach. The boys collected more sticks than we could count and most had to come home with us.
It sounds like our boys are cut from the same cloth.
Boys are so much fun!! 🙂 I’m stopping by from your visit to my party! 🙂 Have a great day!
I love being a boy mom!
Great nature display! I love that he wanted to take his time and only find items that he deemed important! 🙂
He was super serious about it!
what a great idea! Love it!
I bet you would have similar items on yours!
He did an awesome job!
What an awesome idea n he did a great job! 🙂
Great post. He did a fabulous job, ground cover is very important for nature.
He is very organized indeed. Great job!
What a well organized display! I’m impressed with his careful work.
LOVE this! Such a fun activity.
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how cute is this! i love their little minds.
What a very wonderful and creative idea! I love his little mind and his determination to do something when he sets his mind to it.
It does deserve visitors! So sweet!
Very nice display. Happy to be a visitor.
I love this – what a fabulous idea! I would totally visit … and I guess I just did. 🙂
So creative, isn’t it amazing what they come up with?
I think that a Nature Table is a very good idea. We always had one in the classroom when I went to school – fall, winter and spring. I can just imagine how much fun your little guy is having.
What a great idea. JDaniel is certainly a good gatherer and sorter. Thanks for letting me (virtually) stop by to see the wonderful backyard nature center.
Dear JDaniel,
Your nature center table is so interesting! Thank you for sharing it with us.
he is so smart!!!!!!
please tell him thank you for sharing that table with us…
Hi! Your JDaniel i very talented and clever! Great post~
I LOVE this … how great that JDaniel took such care in setting up his nature center! I pinned your post to the collaborative Earth Day for Kids board at http://pinterest.com/carrotsrorange/earth-day-for-kids/ Deb @ LivingMontessoriNow.com
This is a Very creative project…
I loVe how kids are so curious and excited about things like this…
Thanks for letting us View it for the letter “V”!
A+
How fun!
That is a fabulous nature display centre! The display’s curator has done a great job! Thank you so much for sharing with the All Year Round Blog Carnival. 🙂 I’ve featured your post in a round up of summer nature projects here: http://sunnydaytodaymama.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/all-year-round-week-sixteen-7-summer.html
This is such a great activity for discovering and creating with nature! I featured it on my monthly round up for the Summer Carnival as an idea to inspire hands on play with nature! http://famigliaandseoul.blogspot.com/2012/06/all-year-round-summer-carnival-get.html
I love this. We should definitely try something like this as my little guy loves playing outdoors and exploring. What a great idea!
It is good to see that even kid’s show their interest in nature. Good for them because they can carry this until gets old to care for nature. As parents we need to guide them because I’m sure that they have a lot of question about this.