While reading Home Education By Charlotte Mason the section on Nature Diaries came up. Honestly, when I read this passage I was beyond excited-I was thrilled. I love nature, my children love nature, we love our out of doors time and we love our nature walks. The idea of keeping a nature ... VIEW POST
Children Should Intimately Know Nature
It is 2009, I am taking college course pre-requisites while I wait for the nursing transition program to start in the fall. I am sitting in a sociology class listening to my professor tell a story about pollution and our environment. We all currently lived in an area where the locals jokingly ... VIEW POST
A Beginners Guide To Nature Study
My mother and her father (my grandfather) was a little bit of a naturalist. My mother use to take walks with me in the woods and share that her father use to do the same. He would know every name of every tree and they would talk about it as they went on. My mother would tell me of these stories and ... VIEW POST
Homeschooling When You Should Give Up
We had a plan when we first got married. My husband and I, a perfectly constructed well thought out-this life will be smooth and easy plan. College and career first, then add in some kids near the end of all that. You know, trying to make sure we were "established" before we had little ... VIEW POST
Living Science: A Monarch Nature Study
Last Spring/Summer we did a butterfly nature study. It was sweet, we purchased a popular butterfly grow kit off of amazon and observed painted ladies change from tiny caterpillars to beautiful butterflies. In the process, my then four year old learned what "metamorphosis" means and the life cycle of ... VIEW POST
The Big List Of Nature Study Supplies
We are a Charlotte Mason Style homeschooling family that just loves the outdoors. Nature walks, exploring, discovering, and learning through nature studies is a large part of our homeschool. The more time we spend outside the more I look for nature study supplies that will enhance our experience. ... VIEW POST
