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Category: Blog

Find Your Special Place

March 27, 2020 janicekelley

Find a special place outdoors you and/or your children can call their own: your backyard, a park, open field, riverbank,…

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Posted in: Activities, Blog Filed under: American River, American River Parkway, bicycle, bike ride, birds, child, chilren, deer, explore, families, family, fun, nature, Nature Detectives, outdoors, peaceful spot, picnic, play, special place, water

Creating Nature Journals

March 29, 2020 janicekelley

For some  people, children or adults, the idea of keeping a journal is agonizing. For a child, the simple act…

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Posted in: Activities, Blog Filed under: art, artist, draw, drawing, engagement, engaging, experiences, garden journals, journals, narration, natural world, nature, Nature Detectives, nature journals, observation, observer, outdoors, relationship, wildlife, write, writing

Butterfly garden

April 12, 2020 janicekelley

You can attract butterflies to your yard by growing flowering plants they love to visit. Follow four simple steps to…

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Posted in: Blog, Nature Watch Filed under: attraction, butterflies, butterfly bush, butterfly garden, color, colorful, flowers, garden, lavendar, lilacs, marigolds, nectar, plants, pollination, primrose, spring, water

Adobe Express – Create Easy, Fun, Professional Videos Free

janicekelley

Nature Detectives parents and kids, create professional style videos in minutes, FREE and FUN. Adobe Spark is a design app…

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Posted in: Blog, Skill Building Filed under: Adobe Spark, drawing, engaging, free, fun, hands on learning, Internet, nature, Nature Detectives, nature education, nature experience, photography, photos, place based learning, publish, research, school, video, writing

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