Spring Walk

This morning the Pine class took advantage of the overcast dry weather outside and went on a walk. We decided that we could walk around the neighborhood to check for signs of the spring season starting. 

"We might see flowers! Wild flowers!"
"There might be bugs out. There are always bugs in the spring. They don't come out in the winter."

"We can look for grass that's growing too!"

As we walked, the kids noticed so many flowers that were all different colors. 

"We have flowers growing at my house too."

"Look, there are purple ones!"
"There's yellow ones too. I think they are sun flowers!"

Just then, we all heard a loud humming and grinding sound. 

"What's that noise?"
"It's so loud!"

To our surprise we happened upon a wood chipper down the road.
"Look at that big truck! They are putting Christmas trees in it!" 

We stopped and watched. 

The kids cheered and laughed as the branches of the tree got swallowed up in the machine and then spit back out in small pieces of wood. They watched in amazement. 

The excitement was over so we continued on our way around the block. As soon as we passed by the forest some of the kids noticed little yellow flowers coming out of the ground. 

"Look at all those flowers! They are wild flowers because they are growing over here."

"They are sun flowers because they are so yellow!"

"I think it's spring because the flowers are growing."

"I think it's still winter because we didn't see any bugs."

As we continued to walk around the block the kids debated whether or not it was still winter or if spring was starting. There was some confusion because they were seeing a lot of signs of spring, but still weren't seeing things like bugs. We will continue to look out for signs of spring and figure out if/when it will no longer be winter!