Nature
9 Favorite Children’s Books for Summer
The first day of summer is just around the corner! Check out these summery stories to enjoy with your littles as you welcome warmer weather, ripe berries, swim suits and all that comes with this season of sun.
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4 More Delightful Children’s Books About Gardening
Guess what: we’ve discovered four new favorite children’s books about gardening! Anyone else get all excited to read about gardens with their kids?
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Square Foot Gardening: How to Construct Sturdy, Economical Trellises for Climbing Crops
As you may know by now, we’ve undertaken two key experiments in our organic vegetable garden this year. Our first experiment revolves around a concept called Square Foot Gardening. (See book recommendation at the end of this post.) After installing the raised boxes and special soil mix, we needed trellises for climbing crops like zucchini and…
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All Things Bright and Beautiful: Easy Way to Add More Nature-Appreciation to Your Kids’ Lives
Want to add more nature-appreciation to your kids’ lives? Not sure where to start? Try this! It’s a poem! It’s a hymn! It’s a book! It’s a great way to teach kids about our Creator God. When a friend and I started a (sort of) formalized nature study emphasis with our four kids, we began with…
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6 Things I Love About Nature Journaling
6 Things I Love About Nature Journaling (Not necessarily in this order)…
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Free Nature Study Printables and more
Yesterday’s post on Spring Wild Flowers and today’s amazing spring weather plus a few hours spent digging outside in the dirt got me all set up to receive this newsletter in my inbox this afternoon… Have you subscribed to Barb/Harmony Art Mom’s Handbook Of Nature Study Newsletters? You should! She’s my favorite nature blogger, offering…
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Spring Wildflowers and a Great Online Identification Tool
One of the things I love most about homeschooling is the ability to emphasize Nature Study. We get to study nature up close and personal as opposed to learning about it from a book. Don’t get me wrong–we do learn quite a bit about Nature from books. Our large home library includes an ever expanding stock of…
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7 Ideas for a Spring Nature Walk
Scavenger Hunts and Nature Walks are a great way to get everyone outside. After the novelty of spring weather wears off and you find yourself in need of ideas for enjoying the great outdoors with your tribe, try a few of these fun ideas!
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Mud: The Hills Will Remember Their Colors
We’ve discovered another great book to add to our Favorite Books for Spring: Mud! What could be better than reading about all the ways to use and enjoy mud?
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Favorite Children’s Books for Spring
Does your family celebrate the changing of each season? Spring is always an exciting time with so much happening in the great outdoors. Help your kids notice and understand the signs of spring by reading some of these wonderful books together!
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