The Learning Nest

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A year of wonder, one Wednesday at a time.

Nature study, hands-on building, art, and the small moments of a community learning together.

An older student leads younger children by the hand across a Hill Country field — Big kids leading the littles

Children matching a wildflower to a field guide in a field of bluebonnets — Field guide & bluebonnets

A child painting a stained-glass style watercolor of poppies — Watercolor poppies

Students building an electric circuit kit together at a table — Building circuits

Children walking together along a mulched nature path — Down the nature trail

A child's hand holding a collection of small white snail shells — Treasures from the trail

Children decorating nature sticks with colorful tape outdoors — Rainbow nature sticks

Two children drawing and watercoloring side by side — Side-by-side sketchbooks

An apple rolled in birdseed hanging from a tree branch as a bird feeder — Feeding the birds

Two children building and testing a ramp on the floor — Ramp engineering

A row of tissue paper angel crafts lined up along a sunny windowsill — Angels in the window

A teacher showing a butterfly habitat to a group of children outdoors — Butterfly release day

A child playing an outdoor dice game on the grass — Math in the sunshine

A child painting with a brush at a table — Brush & paper

A child working with clay and dirt on a tray — Clay & dirt

Handmade papyrus paper squares drying on plates beside an Egyptian scarab print — Making papyrus

A child stacking bark and logs into a small shelter outdoors — Log shelter

Children's illustrated sarcophagus drawings displayed on a windowsill — Sarcophagus studies

A child reading in a tree while other children listen below — Story time in a tree

Children with their hands in a tray of soil during a hands-on lesson — Hands in the dirt

A guest musician playing ukulele for a group of children seated on the floor — Ukuleles & singing

A guest presenter giving a Welcome to Russia talk to students seated in rows — Welcome to Russia

A child gluing colorful paper circles into a Kandinsky-inspired grid — Circles after Kandinsky

Children weaving strips of reed into papyrus sheets around a table — Pressing papyrus

Children painting a large collaborative mural on butcher paper on the floor — The floor mural

Children raising their hands eagerly around a large blue marble run — Every hand up

A teacher demonstrating an experiment from a stone ledge to children seated below — Science outside

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