I am interested in both nature journaling and pressing/herbariums with students.
I work in Dayton OH with an inner-city elementary school - grades 1 through 4.
The 2nd and 4th graders have nature journals. We use them inside and outside. They are
drawing plants that are being presented while we are also making tea and learning some
introductory botany. On rainy days I have grabbed plant material to take inside. One of the
most surprising lessons was gathering bagworms from shrubs in the front of the school and
then learning about the ecology and lifecycle of the moth. We opened up the 'bags' and the
students drew the caterpillars.
We foraged in the school neighborhood and school grounds for wild herbs. They collected specimens from a scavenger hunt and then placed them into a press. I had hoped to make a herbarium but the kids made hanging art with embroidery frames and contact paper. Next year we will try again to make an herbarium. I want to do a book of the local plants to give to the school library. I would love to hear more from others!
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janet Lawson
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Original Message:
Sent: 06-04-2023 05:32:08 PM
From: Alycia Wright
Subject: Nature journaling/Herbarium books
Just took a great class recommended here with John Muir Laws on nature journaling. I'm also taking a year long class pressing plants to make my own herbarium. Curious if we have any folks here interested in either of the two and want to share how they are working with young people to do the same. Here's the book I'm reading and loving right now.
Also link to more webinars.
https://outdoorlearningstore.com/workshops/
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Alycia Wright
8043068116
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