All Middle Years

Landmark #6 (Play In Nature 2x A Week)

We went to a corn maze, learning all about corn and harvesting, walking through the maze, listening for birds and the wind.

The Nature Ninjas – Oct 12/20

Landmark #9 (Special Outdoor Place)

Found a new favourite place to explore… WHEN SAFE, during our screen breaks. Secret place right in town. We love taking walks along the water between our online classes!

Chickadees – Sept 17/20

Landmark #11 (Celebrate Each Season)

In celebration of summer blooms we designed nature clothes from our flowers!

Chickadees – August 31/20

Landmark #11 (Celebrate Each Season)

When you’re a drone pilot, you get to see the kids playing from a whole new angle, enjoying these last days of summer.

Super Ninjas – Aug 30/20

Landmark #15 (Garden, birdfeeder, insects, etc)

We found a really big grasshopper at the beach, so we named it Kiwi and made a little “cottage” for him to hang out at!

The Chickadees – Aug 27/20

Landmark #13 (Travel a Familiar Route)

Got together with some friends for social distancing paddling fun!! Higher water levels allowed us to expore more areas!!!
We found a lot of cool things and cleaned out some litter in the water as we went also!

The Chickadees – Aug 26/20

Landmark #12 (Nearby Plants and Animals)

We were on our nature walk, with our dogs, to get more milkweed for a Caterpillar. Our poor pup, Chef, had a run in with a porcupine!!! Too many quills for us to take out ourselves. We had to bring her to the Emergency Vet Clinic. He’s ok!

The Chickadees – Aug 27/20

Landmark #8 (Nature Art)

I collected some flowers, dirt and leaves put them in bowls and added a little bit of water then with a spoon I mixed and mushed. The one that worked the best was yellow flowers and the dirt and light purple flowers. To make the rest of the flowers work I kind of had to smoosh them on the paper. The art turned out to be water colours! Everything I used except the paper and the bowls and spoons were from the outside world! I used one tsp of warm water each bowls of colours but for the dirt I added water and mixed it until it looked like real brown paint.

Nature Ninjas – July 29/20

Landmark #13 (Travel a familiar route)

We decided to take a closer look at the stream that we walk by all the time. The boys saw small fish and lots of water insects.

The Super Ninjas – Aug 28/20

Landmark #10 (Plant, tend and harvest something you can eat)

Helped plant, grow and harvest the community garden as well as our own for vegetables and sunflowers to share with our family, friends and community.

The Chickadees – Aug 29/20

Landmark #15 (Garden, birdfeeder, insects etc.)

I was in the Kawartha Highlands walking when I saw the leaves moving. I looked down and saw a Garter snake. I followed the snake for 3 minutes and it slithered in a bush and climbed up a branch. I caught it. I knew they didn’t bite. I liked that it curled its tail around my thumb. I showed my sister and convinced my mom to touch it.

NatureNinjas – August 19/20

Landmark #10 (Grow and Eat Food)

Has helped to maintain and harvest our garden, as well as the community garden.

The Chickadees – August 26/20

Landmark #24 (Design a Healthy Home)

Camped out in the backyard for almost 3 weeks! Tons of fresh air and hung clothes to dry on the line as often as we could.

The Chickadees – August 25/20

Landmark #14 (Outdoor Activities without Gas/Electricity)

We rode our bikes, played tag with our dog, ziplined in our backyard, jumped on the trampoline… alot! We made an obstacle course in our backyard with buckets, pool noodles, and old big spools. We had to be the quickest to get through the obstacle course.

NatureNinjas – July 24/20

Landmark #10 (Grow and Eat Food)

Grew our own tomatoes and peppers in our small backyard garden. It was our very first time having a garden. We had to watch it each day, water it and make sure it got nutrients. We learned about ripeness from all the colours of the tomatoes and they tasted sweet and delicious. Yum!

Jackson Family – July 14/20