New Activities Galore at the Garden

Each year spring always brings new and exciting educational programs to the botanical gardens and this year is no exception.   Alhamdulillah, today as the temperatures reached the high 80s, we were blessed to engage in these activities with a few fellow Muslim homeschoolers. 

Before we meet up with the other homeschoolers, my children and I checked out the Orchids Galore exhibit in the conservatory.  Truthfully, I was the one who was the most interested in this exhibit and the children just wanted to go the children’s garden as usual.  Therefore, the encounter with the orchids was short-lived.

During the new April/May  Kid Quest which is like a scavenger hunt, the children became botanists as they observed, took notes, and learned about their environment. 

The older children in our group also throughly enjoyed the newest garden weaving collaborate art project.  They were also encouraged to create their own individual art project with sticks, yarn, beads, and other recycled material.   This garden weaver program as well as a new children’s stick works studio is in conjunction with a world renowned artist coming to the garden this May to sculpt using sticks and twigs. 

So, with all those new activities for springtime and wonderful company, finding  our vehicle with flat tire on the way out didn’t even dampen my spirits.   Alhamdulillah, it was a wonderful day with many memories made.

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Land Art with Rocks

While searching for an activity to do with the rocks which we collected several weeks ago on a field trip, I stumbled upon this beautiful land art for kids website.    As those who are regular readers already know, the River City Homeschoolers are always outside!  Making designs out of leaves, twigs, pine cones, and rocks are right up our alley and I honestly cannot believe that we haven’t tried this before.  

Rock hand