Let Them Explore

“An environment-based education movement--at all levels of education--will help students realize that school isn't supposed to be a polite form of incarceration, but a portal to the wider world.”

  ― Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder

[Field Trip] ASNC: Trees and Plants

Austin has so many hidden treasures. We hiked into the Zilker preserve and I was taken with its beauty.






V is one of our budding naturalists. Here she's rescuing a trampled spider. Mark my words, this little one is going to grow up and work with animals, or insects, or something of that nature. :)



We tasted some edible native plants. One tasted like cucumber, broccoli, and a lemon flavored one. I'll have to update with the plant names as I've misplaced my list, but quite tasty I must say. We also were reminded how to recognize poison ivy and stay away.



As the children were leaving, I was reminded how fortunate we all are to have the ASNC and the opportunity to use it with our schooling.

Animals, Animals!

Perspective Drawings Using Pastels