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Painting the pinecone spiral

April 26, 2018 By Lisa

pinecone spiral in Nature

Painting the Pinecone Spiral I love this natural craft activity and I could do it again and again. Finding the pinecone spiral and tracing its pattern in paint is such a simple exercise that improves observation skills, nurtures the Waldorf ethos and brings about an awareness of the patterns in natural forms that indicate the […]

Filed Under: children's activity, crafts, geometry, Shape Hunting, Steiner Waldorf Tagged With: 7-9 years, fibonacci, finding shapes, nature, observation, patterns, spiral, wonderful

The Beauty of Numbers in Nature

November 14, 2017 By Lisa

Beauty of numbers in nature

The Beauty of Numbers in Nature by Ian Stewart Seeing as finding numbers in nature is my passion it wouldn’t take much for me to rave about this book and I wasn’t disappointed. In ‘The Beauty of Numbers in Nature’ by Ian Stewart possesses an engaging writing style in an area that can be seen […]

Filed Under: geometry, reading, Shape Hunting, symmetry, Uncategorized Tagged With: book review, finding shapes, observation, patterns, snowflake, symmetry

Sowing Seeds of Observation

February 25, 2016 By Lisa

girl watering seeds

It is early in that season of blind faith and believing in what seems the unbelievable. It’s time for sowing seeds. Sowing seeds On wet, grey days I have prepped a few pots for early sowing seeds, even stuck potatoes in the boggy wet ground hardly daring to think that I might harvest something from them […]

Filed Under: field trip parenting, nature study, Shape Hunting Tagged With: family, finding shapes, nature, observation, patterns

Nature crafts with leaves and seeds

November 17, 2015 By Lisa

nature crafts with clay for kids

  Nature Crafts with leaves and seed heads Nature crafts for kids are a great way to encourage the observation and wonder of natural forms at any time of year. My favourite is in the autumn using the shapes of seed heads and leaves to make imprints into clay. The shapes and patterns become easier to see […]

Filed Under: children's activity, crafts, nature study, seasons Tagged With: 2-4 years, 4-8 years, 7-9 years, collecting, nature, observation, patterns, wonderful

Snowflake Loom Bands. Instructions for how to make stunning snowflakes.

December 4, 2014 By Lisa

loom band snowflakes

There are hundreds of cool things to make with loom bands, how do you choose? Snowflake Loom Bands are a seasonal choice. Snowflake Loom Bands I’ve been wanting to make these for a while. Fun Loom Bands can be full of creativity.  They seemed the perfect medium to use for creating snowflake patterns and demonstrating the six […]

Filed Under: children's activity, crafts, geometry, seasons, Shape Hunting, symmetry, winter Tagged With: 9+ years, finding shapes, geometry, nature, number 6, patterns, snowflake, symmetry

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