Green Hour

well green hour is nothing but an hour of being with nature....we have been on for a nature walk and my 3yr old son was going around watching caterpillers eating the leaves and wondering how they turn to butterflies,enjoyed birds chirping, he pickedup some leaves and b4 he plucked the leaf he informed the plant and said thanks with a touch ...he was giggling saying that when he tickles the leaves ,baby leaves are laughing....he tickled all the plants and had fun...later he drew outlines of differents leaves....learnt the parts of plant.whenever i find his energy needs a direction..the best thing i find to settle them is taking them close to nature....they observe and obsorb the silence.... not just that ,he learnt basic concepts of science, maths ... the concepts big/little, tall/short, long/short, high/low, wide/narrow, thick/thin, deep/shallow, on, next to, in, outside, inside, down, and up. colours ..shades of it...he started asking should i color light green,dark or other...count,sort,patterns,size...Know whole objects are made up of parts (fractions)....it was just fun...and for now aftr his aftrnoon nap....we would go on to make a map of our layout to start with parks...and in the late evening ...we would touch upon measurements ,science experiments,reading and lots of hands on activities...it adds with the childs quest to know ....am just waiting!...feel free to add on sm ideas...thanku,
srujana...