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Melissa | August 9, 2010
As always when we start paying more attention to something in nature, God starts blessing us with wonderful opportunities to see it. As I said before we are learning more about butterflies and moths this first couple weeks of school. Yesterday my oldest daughter came running excitedly through the front door declaring that we were [...]
Melissa | August 7, 2010
“Beautiful and graceful, varied and enchanting, small but approachable, butterflies lead you to the sunny side of life. And everyone deserves a little sunshine.” ~Jeffrey Glassberg The soaring heat and humidity of August makes it an excellent time to observe butterflies in nature. In fact, for this first structured week of school, I have focused on butterflies [...]
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 [...]
Melissa | February 20, 2009
Another wonderful class has been accomplished! I have loved preparing all of the lessons for the Nuts About Nature class, however, I think this one was my favorite. I learned so much myself! Below you will find the notes from this weeks class. I used the following diagrams, which I had drawn up on the [...]
Melissa | January 24, 2009
Welcome to class! We had a wonderful first day, so exciting! I have an fantastic group of kids to teach. There are 12 children total in the co-op class I am teaching, they are all 4th graders. And, yesterday I became aware that all of them are Nuts About Nature, just like me! How about you? [...]
Melissa | August 14, 2007
In our homeschool, nature study is a beloved subject. However, now that we’ve started our regular school, I’ve been tempted on some days to neglect it. From year to year I find it’s always easy to get caught up in the “check lists” of what my children “have” to know to be “like” other kids. I’ve personally [...]
