Snow Nature Walk

During our snow unit we actually had snow. Not a lot but enough to make the boys happy. I just knew we had to go on a nature walk! We have taken nature walks in the winter before but we have never taken one in the snow before! We had a blast! Our walk reminded me of my favorite RobertFrost poem.

Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening

Whose woods these are I think I know.

His house is in the village though;

He will not see me stopping here

To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer

To stop without a farmhouse near

Between the woods and frozen lake

The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake

To ask if there is some mistake.

The only other sound's the sweep

Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep.

But I have promises to keep,

And miles to go before I sleep,

And miles to go before I sleep.

Robert Frost

Ready to go!




I love looking at the starkness of the trees in winter


snow clinging to the tree. The boys thought this was interesting.



Finding that even in winter there is the promise of spring and new life. We read a book on what happens to plants and trees in the winter. I asked the boys to see if they could find any buds and they did.


Trecking along!

Snow covered holly


I just love this shot of the pine cones
pine needles. You all know what pine trees are called don't you? Conifers.



Bark missing from part of this tree. We are thinking termites.




Making a very cool discovery! What is under all that snow? Ice of course! This is a low area in the woods that always has a large mud puddle. (Kaden calls it a lake, lol) We decided to brush away the snow and this was what we found!

leaves frozen into the ice making cool imprints!

This one is my favorite!


I scraped the snow out of it. It is hard to see, but if you click on the picture you can see it better.

When we returned from our walk we went to the back yard to check the feeders and found some cool bird tracks!