Beautiful weather!
We took advantage of the great weather we've been having by getting outside. On Friday we headed up to a forest preserve with our homeschool group for a day of learning outside. The kids each headed to their separate groups for the day. I went with the younger group in the morning where they had a scavenger hunt and then headed to a pond to look for creatures living in the muck. What kid doesn't like gooey mud to sift through?
In the afternoon I went along with the older kids where they successfully caught a snake which they observed for qutie some time.
This group had the best time playing a game called "predator and prey" in the prarie. The prey would go out into the prarie and try to hide from the predator in the tall grass.
Yesterday we headed to Starved Rock State Park. According to Wikipedia "Starved Rock State Park is one of the busiest State Parks in Illinois with yearly attendance over 1 million visitors each year." It felt like it yesterday. The trails were very crowded. So much for escaping the noise and crowding of the city eh? Despite this I had a great time enjoying the fall colors and hiking up and down the hills and bluffs.
posted by Anna @ 7:19 AM
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