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TIME
by Rebecca Escolt
Penn State \
Extension Home Economist ij
For Lehigh County
Discovering Spring With
A Child
I don’t know about you, but
I’ve been looking for signs of
spring any place I can. I had a bet
with my family that we would
have snow on our property on
April 1, I won. In fact, we took
pictures to document it, but now
that I won the bet. I’m ready to
usher in spring with flurry. One of
the most enjoyable ways I’ve
found to do this is to explore this
season outdoors with a child. A
youngster’s sense of discovery
can really inspire the adults
around her.
First, go on a walk around your
farm and yard and look for the
baby animals that have been bom
recently lambs, robins, duck
lings, foals. Watch them play.
Talk about how the mother and
father animals care for their
young. Follow this up with a story
time where you read about ani
mals, or browse through maga
zines and cut out pictures of baby
animals to make your own story
book. Help birds build their nests.
Cut bright colored pieces of yam
into six-inch lengths. Place these
in the crotch of a tree with other
nest-building items like cotton
fluff, string or small strips of fabr
ic. After several days, canvas the
area with a child to see if together
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you can spy any birds that are
using your materials to create a
home for their babies.
If you have a pond or marsh
nearby, wander by and listen for
the frogs to croak. As the warm
weather continues, revisit the spot
to look for tadpoles. Catching a
few in a bucket so a child can exa
mine them closely will make you a
winner in his eyes. While you’re
exploring, take a shoelace (or for
less hassle, a 16-20 inch piece of
string) and make a circle with it on
the ground. Challenge the child to
find as many different things in
that circle as she can. Count how
many items you find.
Encourage your child to leam
about the trees on your property.
Take paper and crayons along and
do a bark rubbing. Check out the
branches each time you pass by to
see if the buds are opening into
blossoms and leaves. Are all trees
alike? What makes them diffe
rent? As you explore, lode up,
look down, lode around. When is
the last time you carefully
checked out a drying mud puddle
to search for animal or insect
tracks?
Don’t let the rain showers keep
your family from venturing out
side. Dress in boots and raincoats.
Walk, splash, laugh, and listen. A
rainy'day brings different spring
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Vi cup vegetable oil
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1 teaspoon salt
1 cup buttermilk
114 cups rhubarb, finely diced
14 cup walnuts, chopped
114 cups unbleached flour
14 cup wheat germ
1 teaspoon baking powder
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day. Ask the child what he hears.
Do you hear anything felse? Look
at the clouds. How quickly are
they moving? Be sure to have an
ample supply of dry clothes and a
drying rack on hand when you
return to the house.
Exploring outdoors with a child
helps me to discover in a new way
some of the amazing patterns of
nature that happen every year.
And after the long winter we all
endured, it’s nice to know that
flowers still bloom and birds still
sing. Happy spring.
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