Outdoor Challenge 2

February 25th; I sent the boys out to the front stoop to be quiet and listen and watch. Noah saw a ground squirrel, and heard chirping. David saw a triangular spiderweb, and heard blowing (wind). Joshua saw a dead bird, and heard screeching (a hawk).
They came in and reported what they saw/heard, and then I sent them outside to find something to touch.
Noah felt a rough spiky pinecone. David felt dry, old dirt. Joshua felt a soft,thick plant.

The dead bird got them to wondering how it died. It was a house sparrow sitting upright with all its feathers intact, but was obviously dead. (We showed it to jeff's dad the next day, and he said it was probably injured and when it was really cold a few nights before, he said it probably froze... very sad.)


Actually, they were supposed to do this with jeff when they went out on Saturday but jeff forgot to do the assignment. Here are pictures from that outing: