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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 | June 3, 2010
All things in God’s creation are beautiful. However, lest we keep in mind some things have been “tainted” by the sin in this world. My Dad would say that moles are one of those things, along with poison ivy and such. I think it comes from all the years that he’s battled the vision impaired [...]
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 | February 1, 2010
Today was actually warm enough to comfortably be outside! Not only were the temperatures bearable, but the sun was happily shining too! Can’t miss an opportunity like that for a nature walk. We focused on the beauty of details today. Here are some of the things we saw.
There were beautiful patterns of ice in the [...]
Melissa | January 31, 2010
“There is enough to see outside in winter to satisfy any poet. In fact, winter may be even better because there aren’t so many things going on in nature that they crowd each other out. It’s easier to notice what’s there.”
Charlotte Mason volume 1, page 86
Oh dear, I’m almost late in getting this post out! [...]
Melissa | January 30, 2010
You may notice that I’m posting quite a few notebooking pages. I am teaching the Nuts About Nature class again to the kids at our homeschool co-op and I am making these to share with them for their at-home nature assignments. Here is the one for this week. It’s a notebooking page to keep track [...]
