Desert and Savanna Biomes

When you live through the torrential rains that are occasionally unleashed on Southeast Texas, the concept of a desert can be hard to grasp. This is of course truer for young children who have never seen a desert landscape in person. While we are used to thinking of deserts as hot - and the areas we went through certainly met that portion of the definition - deserts can also be very cold. What they are boils down to a lack of precipitation - not a temperature range.

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Biomes

We emphasize early science awareness at Greystone House. We are firm believers that early childhood education lacks value if it fails to instill a curiosity about the natural world. One of the ways we instill this is via dedicated curricula that focus on science topics. This week is one of our favorites and the easiest to present and reinforce as it reflects very clearly the place we all live. The curriculum looks at forest and wetland biomes. For many of us an exploration of these biomes is within walking distance of our home. For The Woodlands school location, both biomes are present on the school grounds. While exploration is great in your yard, what follows is a list of places for those who wish to venture out with your children a little farther from home.

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A Better Future

Staring at public data is generally a pretty good way to alleviate stress about many of the negatives we perceive in the United States (assuming you have the mathematical literacy to understand what you are seeing). While there is still a lot of room for improvement, particularly with regard to other countries, crime rates have been experiencing a very big downward trend since the early 1990s, overall life expectancy is going up, and numerous categories of accidents have shown marked improvements. But education is an area where the outlook isn't quite as positive.

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