Books on order to add to what we already have and enjoy:
Winter Tree Finder (Nature Study Guides)
Flower Finder (Nature Study Guides)
Tree Finder: A Manual for the Identification of Trees by Their Leaves (Nature Study Guides)
Those 3 were really inexpensive and seem lie handy little books (the reviews were good anyway)
Update: We got them and […]

We’re really hoping to dive into nature study this year. It’s been neglected the last few years between pregnancies and babies and I want to revive it. I truly think it’s a vital and important part of home education and yet it’s so easy to let it slip by.
It’s awfully hot […]

In my previous post I wrote that I was working on detailed lesson plans for level 3. Turns out I’m not - not this year anyway. As I began working on them one thing has become very clear; this isn’t the way I want to do this.
While I love having […]

I’m back into reading Charlotte Mason these days. Twelve years of reading her work and I still gain from it. It’s swirling in my head as I put together the plans for Levels 5 and 6 of Mater Amabilis. I’d dearly love to have them finished and up by next month but […]

I just ordered 6 pairs of boots for $100.
I think that’s a pretty good deal.
Black for the boys
Blue for the girls (including me!)
These are for our weekly nature hikes –so we don’t have to worry about muddy shoes and wet feet.
I’m so excited - we’re going to have a great nature study year!

Microscope/ Dissection ClassClass will be on Thursdays, starting at 9 am, at the Environmental Center and taught by the park naturalist.
MICROSCOPE CLASS
five sessions of one 1/2 hours, 9-10:30
DISSECTION CLASS SESSION ONE (earthworm, crayfish, fish, grasshopper, frog)
four sessions, 9-11, for 2 hours each,
DISSECTION CLASS SESSION TWO (fetal pig)
three sessions of two hours […]