Author Archives: pjkelly1

Sometimes opportunities to learn about your world present themselves like when wildlife appears in your yard, in your neighborhood or in a park or other natural setting. However, when opportunities are not presented to you it is beneficial to seek out those opportunities. A lot of parks in my county have nature centers that haveContinue reading “Find Opportunities to Learn and Share”

I love snow days. I am a teacher so snow days for me are bonus days with my family. Another pleasure I glean from a fresh snowfall is checking out the animal tracks around my neighborhood and to see what wildlife has visited my yard. It has been a lot of fun to track animalsContinue reading “Animal Tracks”

I am a birder. I enjoy birding. At times this really annoys my family and gets a few wise cracks from friends of mine but it brings me way too much enjoyment to really care and as my brother stated, in an earlier post, he and I are competing this year to see who willContinue reading “Backyard birding meets backyard learning”

We see a red fox weekly in our neighborhood. To say it is common is an understatement. I see the red fox more often than I see some of my neighbors. Seeing a medium sized mammal species, like the fox, elicits excitement from my children from ages 4 – 9 and it is an invitationContinue reading “Red Fox”