Blooming Botany....

Freckles and I have been working on our Botany studies this semester.Perfect time to study flowers is surely Springtime! We use The Young Explores Series Exploring Creation with Botany by Jeannie K. Fulbright, published through Apologia Educational Ministries. The book is wonderful and teaches God's creation in such a brilliant way. Last week and this week we have been studying the anatomy of flowers as Freckles dissected a flower to learn all the parts.

Then she had to put the flower back together by gluing it into her nature notebook.
 We went on talking about how animals and bees pollinate the flowers in depth.

(Our vintage bee pull...remember these when you were a kid?)

Today we continued the study on flowers and focused on Orchids and how amazing  they are.... If you have ever seen many different types of orchids or if you get a chance to see them..Look at them closer...The beauty and how spectacular they really are. Also see how they look like creatures. Our activity today was to make up our own orchids and to name them...

Freckles really enjoyed using her imagination,

 making different orchids and giving them names.

My favorite has to be the" Fiddleheadpolkadottisyladydeedee"

 I also made my version of that one.

Next week we will continue studies in pollination, making a butterfly garden then off to the study of fruits!Wishing you a happy week while your out there smelling the flowers and enjoying the beauty

 God has gifted you with!!