Butterfly Release Day!

This semester Jacob has been taking a class on Life Cycles. He totally loves it and has learned about life cycles of birds, frogs, trees, octopus, dragonflies and butterflies. They each were able to have 2 caterpillars and watch them go through all their changes. Now that they are butterflies the day came for them to be released. This morning the class met at the garden of one of the families.

They each were given a butterfly by a parent. It was a little chilly so the butterflies were kind of drowsy, which was nice because they stayed on the kids fingers instead of flying away. Each child was to then chose a special flower to place their butterfly on.

Jacob has his butterfly and found the perfect flower!

Naomi's turn and she wants a purple flower!

Goodbye Butterflies!

Salmon Studies

We have been having a blast at Salmon Studies the past few weeks. Since spring has arrived, the forest grows and changes every week.

Everyone got a kick out of it, when we all realized the skunk cabbage leaves have grown to be as big as Naomi! And yes, they do smell really bad!

We are able to release some salmon into the stream!

Darrick took the morning off of work one week to join the class!

Micah and Naomi releasing their salmon.

Jacob and Darrick releasing their salmon.

Sometimes they are in the classroom.

Lexi and Naomi are the youngest members of the class. This is one of the things I love the most about HSA. They are super family friendly. As a parent you are invited to join in the class anytime. All the staff has grown to love Naomi and include her in all activities. She loves it.

The boys carving nature prints on tree fungus.

Out for a beautiful hike to gather and observe nature. This is learning at its best!

There were wild berries all over the trail, that the kids got to try.

HSA Field Day

At the end of the school year, HSA puts on a Field Day for all current and new families. I was asked to co-chair the event and it turned out great!

We started with a delicious potluck. There was all kinds of things for the kids to do but the most popular were chalk and bubbles.

Then it was time for organized games. Micah joined in the sack race and won!

The boys decided to be partners for the 3-legged race, which didn't go too well for them.

Right after this picture was taken, they fell.

The day ended with a pinata and ice cream!