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Incredible Creeks & Printable Power

October 31, 2011 by Ami 1 Comment

These week I'm offering some free printables that go along with NaturExplorer's Incredible Creeks study. We love these nature studies! 

Four days of creek adventures
Three different creeks
Two curious boys
One fearless father
It all adds up to real learning. 

A favorite moment was finding a salamander larva. We also brought home a crawdad and some minnows for a 48 hour observation, but the most-est fun was just being down at the creek.Together.


Simon sketches the objects he sees floating in the creek. 

 


Waiting and watching . . . Elijah kept track of every animal (or animal sign) we found:

Animals at the Creek
crawdad
snail
water strider
yellow jacket wasp
ant
gnat
salamander (larva)
minnows
blue gill
other fish
toad (dead – ew!)
freshwater clams
beaver (tracks)
sand piper (tracks)
mole 
muskrat (tracks)
weasel (tracks)

 


Trying to identify various insects found on or in the water. 


Making little nut boats and getting ready for the big race! 


Learning about the creek's food chain.


So many animal tracks!


Hunting Crawdads

 


What else can we find?

You can download the {extra} printables to go with the NaturExplorer's unit by clicking on the picture below. 

Filed Under: kindergarten, preschool Tagged With: fine motor, kindergarten, preschool

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