With fall and cooler weather, we often think of the birds. Plus, with a little SunButter, we often see more…
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Nature Studies
What is a Sea Turtle’s Life Cycle? – Fourth Grader
I wanted to learn more about sea turtles ever since we went to the beach. There was a sea turtle…
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Layers and Levels of Unit Studies
Unit studies serve the age range in our homeschool well. Especially when two or more subjects overlap and the learning…
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Fall Leaf Walk is Our Favorite and Our Best
(Photo of leaves Littlest Girl collected in the backyard before we left). We spent a favorite afternoon looking for fall…
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More Spider Web Studies and the Shirt to Prove It
Friday, right before lunch, he calls from the treehouse again. “Come see! Come see! It’s a spider web!” Lil’ Buddy…
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Cobweb Hunt and How to Draw A Web
A ‘help me’ scream came from Lil’ Buddy in the backyard. To me it sounded like he may have hurt…
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Pears, Apples and Nature Journal Art
We packed a lunch and went where we knew the pears would be. Over on the family road where we…
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Weeds, Seeds, Insects and Signs of Fall Homeschool Nature Study
“It’s right up here. The field guide. Let’s watch to see if we see any milkweed.” My instructions to the…
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Last Days of Summer Nature Studies
We’ve so enjoyed this fun Last Days of Summer prompt from Handbook of Nature Study. We packed it on our…
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Summer nature walks and discoveries
Besides our August pond studies with the Handbook of Nature Study, we’ve also enjoyed some nature walks and other discoveries….
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Lily Pad Pond
Oh WOW! It’s what we all said when we reached our destination for our monthly Creation Club. We’d heard from…
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Summer Weather
“Those look like beach clouds.” We must have said that dozens of times this summer. We remember from past beach…
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Night time Critters: Flying Squirrel and More
Recently we had an up-close and personal experience with a night time critter. Right in our own backyard! Remember our…
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