I Spy

The kids & I enjoy taking walks in the late afternoon from time to time. Lately I've been researching more about homeschooling methods and curriculum and have started to delve more into what the Charlotte Mason method involves. I don't know if this is just another one of my whims, but I am drawn to this teaching style for a number of reasons, one of which includes the study of nature and taking nature walks. So yesterday we went walkabout here and I decided to encourage the kids to observe more of their surroundings; hence the game "I Spy". I would notice something and say, for example, "I spy some bananas." As this was the first of a series of things, I had to help them a little to look up into the trees!

Then as we went along, they (mostly my ds) started to see more things that I was seeing...
Papayas...

Kumquats...

Cherries...

And even a wild mushroom growing out of a tree trunk! (which, by the way, today is MUCH bigger than it was yesterday!)

So the kids & I had a productive outing and we look forward to our next walk through the jungle...