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Melissa | February 21, 2010
Lecia, one of my readers, recently emailed me to ask the following question:
Several moms in our homeschool group want to start a nature club but we have no idea where to begin with forming a club. Can you tell me a little about yours? Thanks for the help!
Thank you for your question Lecia and since [...]
Melissa | August 18, 2008
Below are notes from a nature workshop that my friend Cindy and I taught at the CHEK conference this past July. I thought this might be helpful in aiding those who are trying to include regular nature walk and study time into their home schools.
Are you including regular, consistent nature study in your home school? Here are some [...]
Melissa | April 25, 2008
The last couple of school weeks have not been easy for us. I’m talking specifically about structured school. Nature study and other non-textbook studies are always easy, but anything which requires sitting at a table and focusing has been truly disasterous.
Perhaps it’s been the distraction of the beautiful weather and longing so much to be outside [...]
Melissa | March 31, 2008
It all started yesterday morning. I was going about my morning business outside of filling my bird feeders when suddently I heard it…the familiar sound of a Pileated Woodpecker, and it was loud, obviously very close. I stopped in my tracks and scanned my eyes meticulously across the woods, expecting to see his red head [...]
Melissa | March 26, 2008
We’ve been seeing very small glimpses of him for a week now..but he was so quick to fly away, we could never really observe in detail. But…sometime within the last week my son managed to hear and remember their call. Here’s how I know….
Today, right when we were getting school started this morning, Alex jumped out of [...]
Melissa | March 16, 2008
So what is it about nature study with my children that is so amazing? Is it the smell of the fresh air or newly bloomed flowers in the spring? Or perhaps the peacefulness of the birds chirping in the trees or flying overhead? Yes, it’s definitely those things. But there is one thing that stands above any [...]
