Outdoor Challenge #20 ~ Summer Tree Study

Posted in Outdoor Hour Challenges The children and I were so excited to get started back up on our Outdoor Challenges, provided by Barb at her Handbook of Nature Study blog! We will not be attempting to catch up on all of the challenges, but we definitely wanted to complete the Summer tree study. Back at the beginning of May the kids adopted two trees in our backyard to follow through the four seasons. Our Spring tree study can be found here. Hannah adopted a Pignut Hickory tree and Alex adopted some type of Oak tree, we believe it is a Northern Red Oak. I'm finding that tree identification is definitely more of a challenge than I prefer! So for our nature walk time yesterday morning, we spent it getting further acquainted with our trees. It was so nice to observe them all dressed up in their summer attire. View of Leaves on... [read full story]