It's the time of year when everything is popping out and up and we have to get out there to find it!
"As soon as he (she) is able to keep it himself (herself), a nature-diary is a source of delight to a child. Everyday's walk gives him (her) something to enter..." {Volume 1, p.54)
And delightful it HAS been.
There is a nice write up in the Handbook of Nature Study about Trillium. Several children did drawings of these.
(did you know it's also called birthroot?)
We seem to have Prairie Trillium around here.
"mother cannot devote herself too much to this kind of reading, not only that she may read tid-bits to her children about matters they have come across, but that she may be able to answer their queries and direct their observations." {Volume 6, page 223}
And outside we shall be. The flowers are calling, the birds are calling.
"never be inside when you could be outside. Spend most of the first six years of life outside. Be outside with the children,...keep everyone in a good mood; leave the children alone most of the time; mother may train eyes, ears and also plant seeds of truth within the child. 1-2 hours of active, vigorous play, then a short lesson..." {Volume 1, Part II, p. 42}
Now you know why I am not able to answer the phone.