Nature Club Bukit Jalil

Nature Club is on holiday for 2019. 20 Great Reasons You Homeschool The only “gang” your kids belong to is your family The teacher-pupil ratio is great You don’t need security guards or metal detectors Your kids enjoy socializing with people of all ages You don’t have to run to catch the school bus You can sleep in on rainy days School prayer is encouraged You don’t have to buy “back-to-school” clothes You don’t have to develop a taste for cafetaria food You can celebrate your birthday with a school holiday Vacations can be called “extended field trips” You get to read more books than you ever realized existed The latest fads usually never make it to your house You don’t have to worry about what your kids learned in school today You don’t have to raise your hand to go to the bathroom You can wear pajamas to class and not be kicked out Chores may be called “home ec projects” There’s always time to bake cookies Learning become contagious Your family is right where...

Durian & Pak Choy by P, 7yo

Sweet potatoes have many vitamins & minerals. Sprouting Japanese sweet potato. Photo by Ashley Sweet potato by K, 9yo Sweet potato & tomato by J, 9yo 

What's your favourite tomato dish? Mine is pizza. This tomato was planted from a seed. After a few days, it sprouted. A few months later, it started to flower. Yellow small flowers with 5 petals. I hand-pollinated the flowers using a cotton bud. One week later, small green fruits start to form. It takes around 1 month to mature into red ripe tomatoes. Tomatoes are fruits and not vegetables. The largest tomato in the world weighs around the same as a newborn baby ~3kg. The smallest tomato in the world is the size of a saga seed. Green tomatoes Ripening orange/red tomato Tomato by BlueBeautiful, 9yo Tomato by PinkPrincess, 10yo

In Malaysia, we have more than 100 cultivars. Today we ate pisang rastali, it is small and sweet with white creamy flesh. The leaves are wide & long & smooth, we can use it to wrap nian gao, nasi lemak, banana leaf rice. We can also fry the bananas for pisang goreng. Banana by PinkPrincess, 10yo

Ladies fingers, also known as okra grows well in Malaysia. The okra was cut open using a metal ruler & we saw many white round seeds with sticky stuff inside. Below stamping of a okra slice, makes a nice flower pattern. Ladies Fingers by PinkPrincess, 10yo Okra by BlueBeautiful, 8yo Okra plant Okra flower

C-O-C-O-N-U-T C-O-C-O-N-U-T C-O-C-O-N-U-T C-O-C-O-N-U-T COCONUT COCONUT Coconuts are so useful! The leaves can be used to make ketupat & the juice is delicious.  Coconut by PinkPrincess, 10yo

Basil seeds make a delicious drink. On that day, a red ladybird landed on my leg. The ladybird looks soooooooooooo cute. ~ PinkPrincess Basil by PinkPrincess, 10yo

Calamansi also known as limau kasturi, makes a refreshing drink. Grows easily in Malaysia. It likes sunny weather. Calamansi by PinkPrincess, 10yo

Mulberries grow easily in Malaysia. If you prune it, it will grow fast & have more berries. Mulberry by PinkPrincess, 10yo

Bukit Jalil was a rubber plantation area, so we found several rubber trees near the playground area. Rubber leaves have a distinctive 3-leaf pattern. Rubber latex is one of Malaysia's major exports. Latex can be used to make rubber balls, it is a white stretchy sap. Rubber seed by PinkPrincess, 10yo Rubber seed by BlueBeautiful, 8yo

Term 1 Jan-May 2019 1. Sun - sundial 2. Moon - moonphase box 3. Planets - planet sizes and order 4. Stars & constellations We had some cut-out constellations that has pin holes at the brightest stars that we viewed through a shuttlecock tube holder. Some of the ancient constellations are mentioned in history, the virgin (Bethulah/Virgo), the lion (Leo/Ariel). And some newer constellations such as telescopium, microscopium & camelopardalis (giraffe). Currently there are 88 constellations. Constellations are seasonal, for example (viewing from the equator): Jan-Mar – Orion, Taurus, Gemini, Canis Major Mar-May – Canis Major, Leo, Ursa Major May-Jul – Virgo, Southern Cross, Centaurus Jul-Sep – Scorpius, Sagittarius, Aquila, Cygnus Sep-Nov – Cygnus, Aquarius, Capricorn, Pegasus Nov-Jan – Pegasus, Andromeda, Taurus, Orion Constellations in the sky 5. Comets, meteors, asteroids, etc. Recommended material 1. Star Stories for Little Folks  fre...