I am participating in the MeMe Tales #readforgood Readathon 2012 this summer. During the Readathon, anyone who signs up on the MeMeTales site is given access to the books being featured for free. Each week the books follow a theme. The theme this week is Green Earth. The books being spotlighted this week are Let’s Go Chipper and What Does It Mean to Be Green.
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Lets Go Chipper-Into the Great Outdoors is a really cute story about a squirrel who know all kinds of wonderful facts about the great outdoors and taking care of the earth. He helps you to learn what to pack when you go camping and information about the animals you might see.
What Does It Mean To Be Green? takes a child through ways to recycle and help take care of the Earth that are practical and shares tasks that would be easy for them to complete.
What did we do with these books?
Nature Observation Hike or Walk
I planned to take JDaniel on a nature hike at Paris Mountain Park with a nature guide, but the hike got rained out.
Plan B was to wait for a sunny day and visit a community park not too far from our house called Legacy Park and observe nature there.
The section of the park was perfect for doing an observation walk. It contains two water structures, pathways, a small bridge, stepping stones, and beautiful flowers.
You could create a checklist for an observation walk, but on this walk, I just followed JDaniel’s lead as to what he noticed.
Chipper found all kinds of creatures during his walk. Although JDaniel looked very carefully, he didn’t find any animals in the water.
Cracks and crevices can often contain natural treasures. Slimy rocks were all that JDaniel was able to find.
After our time exploring water, we headed over to the beautiful bushes and finally found some creatures. This beautiful blue butterfly stayed close to the buses so, we were able to watch him for a long time.
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Research the area you are planning to observe to find out what animals you might see.
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- Decide how you are going to record what you observe. (Photos, drawings, journal entries, etc..).
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Wear comfortable shoes and clothes.
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- Bring a snack and some water if you will be going on a long walk.
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Go over the park rules. Some parks don’t want to take physically take stocks or even sticks from them.
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Bring a plastic bag to store your trash until you can get to a trashcan.
Disclaimer: I have been given copies of the book mentioned in this post by MeMeTales for participating in their Readathon 2012 #readforgood program.
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Sounds like a fun adventure. We like to watch butterflies too.
So am I! Great place for traveling!
Looks like you had a wonderful day of exploring.
My son would LOVE that waterfall! Love your pictures. Thanks for hosting.
That butterfly is beautiful. Looks like it was a fun walk
What a beautiful place for a nature walk! One of the best ways to teach kids to appreciate the environment is exposing them to the beauty of the natural world, and it looks like you achieved that goal here. Lovely pictures!
Btw, if you haven’t already, I would love it if you link this up to our Outdoor Play Party!
What a wonderful post! Great to appreciate nature and our environment more!
Love the pictures. I love getting out with my boys to enjoy nature. I linked up a post for you… FSPDT
Local parks are a great place to inspire kids to observe and watch the nature.Love the pictures.
ahh, nothing better than getting out in nature. It just makes you feel alive! 🙂
Wow, I love that waterfall! My boys would, too!
Nature is the best teacher and mood booster- I so wish I could keep up better with social media and comments- then I would even think about joining awesome programs like this book meme! So cool!
We recently took an observation walk in the state botanical gardens near where I live. Our visiting cousins were very dissppoointed that the creek they loved playing in for what seemed like hours was bone dry because of the drought this year. Thankfully we have been getting regular rains….hopefully the little creek will be babbling once again. Great pictures and great tie-in to the book.
So I’m a bit of an airhead and didn’t realize this was a regular thing. I linked up some old book posts thinking this was more like the water link up where we shared all our book posts. Sorry! I got the memo now, and next week I’ll link up just from the current week.
It looks like you guys had a ton of fun!
Your walk looks fab 🙂
What a fun nature walk! You are making wonderful memories with your little man. My girls are in their 20’s now and these are the types of things that hold the fondest memories for them! Have a wonderful Sunday, Nan
PS, you can leave the hot sauce out of the Tomato pie! In fact, the first recipe that I used for years did not have hot sauce in it! 🙂
We love nature walks, too! I love your tips for how to plan the walk. Thanks for sharing at the Sunday Showcase. I’m pinning this to our feature board.