Botany Study Begins: Sketching on the Hazel River

Ms. Liz's class just began a unit study of botany. On Friday the class took a trip to Hazel River to search for lichen, moss, flowers, ferns, coniferous trees, and fungi. We found many excellent examples in the woods that day.

The children were given an objective to accomplish before we left school. The children were to find one of the plants we discussed in class on the trail up the Hazel River. Once they found their plant they were to sit and sketch the plant, while paying attention to where the plant was located, including the background with special attention to light and darkness.

Each child found their plant and each child made beautiful sketches of each. We will continue to work on these sketches, while researching each plant.