Well, not specifically knowing of any Elms, Chestnut or Hickory trees in our neighborhood… and the fact that there are NO leaves left on any trees to aid in any identification, we ended up doing something a little different for this week’s Nature Study.
Amazing the difference a week has made. Our last study we were outside in just long sleeves, enjoying the sunshine. We have now had snow and the winter gray is settling in.
My mom serendipitously bought a large bag of mixed nuts and a coconut for the kids to try this week. I thought that this might make a good tie in… since at least a couple of the trees in question drop nuts. After dinner, we gathered around Gammy’s kitchen table to complete our study.
We had Walnuts, Pecans, Brazil Nuts, Almonds, Hazelnuts and Coconuts. The kids enjoyed playing with the nuts and trying to get them open. Bug actually managed a few. Once we had several open we made up a chart to record our taste test… using a thumbs up or thumbs down reaction.
Pecans and Almonds were by far the favorite with the Coconut Milk being the least favorite (insert EWW here 😉 ). BTW Walnuts and Almonds were accidentally recorded in the wrong columns… ooops on my part.
