How a tree grows

So Milton said that he wanted to learn about trees today. I thought I would share some of the resources I found if your child would be interested in the same thing.


Visit How Does A Tree Grow to learn in a more detailed way how a tree grows. You will learn the word Meristems and how these cells effect how a tree grows.


Also check out these You tube videos to lean about how the age of a tree is determined, watch an acorn grow into a tree

Age of a tree

Acorn grows into a tree (time lapse)

The Giving Tree read by Shel Sivertein (1973)

How To Plant A Tree

ENJOY!

Spring Gardening POOP!

POOP! We got our steer manuer and the boys had to get it to the backyard for me. 4 bags were a tough job for the two of them but they did it.

Milton then had to open the bags using a shovle and then dump them out into the boxes.

Milton got a little help from his little brother Quentin. Quentin then decided to treat the poop as a sand box. He did not seem to mind the fact that it came from a cow.

Warmer Days

Its finaly warming up and Milton is out of town with his Dad so Quentin got to enjoy an ice cream sandwhich in the back yard.

Watering Quentin

Quentin wanted to help water plants so gave him 15 minutes to water the grass in the play area. This is what ended up happening.

YEP, that is him standing in a wagon of water shoes, socks, pants and all.

Slimy the Snail

MEET SLIMY THE SNAIL. To day was a beautiful day out and the boys found this tiny little guy in the back yard. They spent an hour or two outside playing with HER, yes her, and building her places to play.  She was a brave little snail. Even with all of the attention she kept her head out of her shell and did not want to miss a second of her adventure. Click here to see a video of Slimy.

Here is Quentin trying to pick Slimy up.

Can you find Slimy in this photo? The boys thought the fire truck would be a good place for Slimy to live. Milton added green weeds to it to make it more like her home and for food for her to eat.

Look at how they are watching over her.

Food Storage Fun

So we had to change out bedroom around to get ready for baby and the boys were in charge of moving the #10 cans of food out into the hall. This is what they came up with. A fort of course!

Starting Tomatos

So our tomato plants are doing well. Milton had noticed the direction the plants were facing so I wanted to show him how plants lean towards the sun. So we turned the tray so the plants were looking into the house.

 Then before he went to bed we looking at them again and they were standing strait up.

By part way through the day they had turned their little heads toward the sun outside of the window.