Summer Nature Series!

A little late on blogging about this but I don't want to forget about a program I put together for friends this summer and it was a highlight of our summer! I called it Summer Nature Series and I organized a hike/nature program 1x/month from June to September.  We met at a different park and there was a different theme each time.  I invited a lot of friends and the turn out each time was outstanding - one week we had as many as 23 kids and all their moms!

The first month was called All About Bugs.  We met at Mt. Airy Forest.  We read a book about bugs, collected pieces of nature to make a bug craft, searched high and low for bugs along the way and even made our very own ants on a log for the snack.  The kids were great little hikers!

The second month was all about Trees and leave native to Ohio.  We hiked at Ault Park. We collected leaves, looked for different types of trees that we recognized and that we often find in our own backyards and we ate maple leaf cookies and bananas for our snack!

The third month was called Fossils, Fossils, Fossils.  We hiked down to the creek at French Park to enjoy the hot summer day splashing in the creek and finding our very own fossils!  We hiked back up to the picnic area with our fossils to try and identify the types of fossils and color the rocks.  We ate muffins and fruit!

The fourth and final nature series we also met at French Park because the park was a hit and it was another hot day for creek play!

This was such a fun way to spend summer days with friends and we will definitely be doing this again next year!