creek time and tadpoles- outdoor challenge
Time at the creek with my baby, it’s always so special to get one on one time with one of your children (when you have more than one of course).
Araina felt the need to do some yoga on a rock, “This is the half moon pose Mommy.”
“And don’t forget to do the other side.”
A friend gave us some tadpoles the other day so we collected some creek water and algae to make them a good home. To learn more about how to raise tadpoles click here.
So FASCINATING to see them go through this metamorphosis.
Outdoor Challenge Participant of the Day- Marcia’s daughter, from child in harmony, sat down to do some writing outside when a visitor joined her-
Goes to show that you never know who will make a visit when you’re outdoors!
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Good to see little tadpoles again. I miss the two small ponds we used to have in England, listening to the frog chorus, seeing them wandering across the garden in the rain. I haven’t seen a single frog in the five years we’ve been in new Zealand. It looks lovely down by your creek, an ideal spot for yoga too.
We are raising tadpoles, too.
http://walnutcoveacademy.wordpress.com/2010/04/11/another-beautiful-day-in-the-woods/
This is our first time doing it. We have about half of them that survived thus far and they now have back legs! This is an awesome experience for the kiddos. Next year we want to try lady bugs and caterpillars.
So cute Araina!!!
Lovely photos, we love wandering along the creek banks!
I’m having a little Earth Day Giveaway, stop by to enter
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http://lovelivingsimply.blogspot.com/2010/04/earth-day-seed-share.html
Blessings,
Catherine
Outside yoga sounds fun, with the added bonus of the sound of the running water.
We’re joining in again with our attempt at earth castles, or not: http://www.timetocraft.co.uk/?p=1340
Happy Earth Day!
http://backroadfamilyadventure.blogspot.com/2010/04/happy-earth-day-great-outdoor-challenge.html
Outside yoga improv is the best.
Our challenge is more of the outside brought inside for further study:
http://www.wideopencampus.com/?p=482
Love the creek-side yoga poses!
We’ve been listening to frog calls: http://thebinkerfiles.typepad.com/the_binker_files/2010/04/frog-science.html
Happy Birthday Red!
Cool tadpoles! Yoga on a rock…hmmm, I’ve never tried that.
I love that your daughter was inspired to do yoga alongside the creek! We used to do yoga with the preschoolers at the daycare I taught at, and I’ve recently started trying it with my son.
Here’s my first Outdoor Challenge post:
http://semicrunchymama.wordpress.com/2010/04/21/the-great-outdoor-challenge/
Since I only discovered your blog a few days ago, I’m going to extend this challenge for myself through the end of May, in hopes that new habits will take hold!
Another great day outside with my little one!
http://littlebirdvv.blogspot.com/2010/04/outdoor-challenge-and-violet-harvest.html
I remember doing that when I was little…so much fun!
We had a picnic today…
http://oakbeefarm.wordpress.com/2010/04/21/a-picnic/
Cara
Love the half moon pose on the rocks. Funny how grown up she looks without Fauna nearby.
We love playing in the creek at our camp. Love the feature pic- too funny. We hunted bugs today.
It was just me and my sweet girl today too. A great mama and daughter day. You look like you had fun at the creek.
http://freetolearnanlovinit.blogspot.com/2010/04/great-outdoor-challenge-farmers-market.html
I am lovin’ this challenge! Today we had a photo scavenger hunt outside and then went exploring w/a magnifying glass!
http://impressyourkids.org/2010/04/21/earth-day-nature-scavenger-hunt/
We nested today! http://sheans.blogspot.com/2010/04/nesting.html
We’re still playing and loving it! We just found some newts and I linked an article about frogs and newts and salamanders disappearing and what we can do about it.
http://wonderinthewoods.wordpress.com/2010/04/20/outdoor-challenge-day-18-19-20/
I tried putting all the participants links in my post but wordpress kicked it out (gave me a message I don’t remember now). I don’t know how to put it in if it won’t let me copy and paste…
Looks like a great day for the creek. Thanks for the link on raising tadpoles. I am having a crash course here… need all the help I can get to help keep them alive!
That hen pic is too cute!
http://totheoutskirts.blogspot.com/2010/04/release-and-explore.html
She looks so cute doing her yoga poses while standing in the creek. I love one on one time with the babes.
Oh those tadpoles are cute. As is Araina…but you already know that.
And that hen…gorgeous!
We chased down bugs today. Fun stuff.
http://debbiedas.wordpress.com/2010/04/21/bugs-get-outdoor-challenge/
-Debbie
Awesome – I want to raise some tadpoles!
I love the yoga poses at the creek! We’ve been listening to frog calls here:
http://thebinkerfiles.typepad.com/the_binker_files/2010/04/frog-science.html
What a wonderful day at the creek. My girls can’t wait to catch frogs! Our day was spent in our backyard. You can see what we were up to here: http://heartfelthomemaking.blogspot.com/2010/04/puppy-love.html
Hello, lovely hen!
xx