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Melissa | July 27, 2010
God has given all creatures a line of defense, something to give them a better chance of survival. And lately I’ve become intrigued by seeing evidence of this on our nature walks.
For instance below you will see a picture I took at our last Nature Club meeting. Notice the tiny red and black bugs.
But especially [...]
Melissa | August 9, 2009
At Shining Dawn Books we have been diligently working to get THREE new units ready for your late summer and fall nature studies! We’d like to introduce:
Butterflies Flutter By – A unit packed full of caterpillar and butterfly information and activities.
Constant Conifers – A unit that takes you on an in-depth tour of the amazing [...]
Melissa | August 6, 2009
Today was our first official day back to school. I feel more confident than ever this year with our schedule and chosen studies. I plan on posting our studies and schedule soon, but in the meantime I wanted to share a piece of our first day with you.
After our beginning studies this morning, I started [...]
Melissa | July 16, 2009
This last month has been unusually busy for me. Which I admit while fun things have been happening, I do not like being busy in the slightest. But now, the calendar has cleared up and it’s catch up time. Another reason for the lack of blogging is just feeling a general “dullness” which could be [...]
Melissa | July 28, 2008
Around early evening the other night, I heard Alex shouting for me from the garage, “Mom, it’s a hummingbird moth in the garage!” Evidently hummingbird moths, unlike most other moths, become sedentary at night, and this particular one had taken up residence on my garage wall for the evening. Over the last week or so, [...]
