Not ‘Back To School’
I love this time of year so dearly..cool, misty mornings, warm, sunshiny days, our apple tree & blackberry bushes overloaded with ripe fruit…bountiful blessings. I also love our ‘not back to...
View ArticleWeek Two
Our Harvest Moon Nature Walk Our week went superbly! (Not perfectly, but superbly!) History Illustrating ‘The Lion, The Witch, & The Wardrobe’ Early Morning Science! This was our first week of...
View ArticleDaily Rhythm
Our Calendar I thought I would share our daily rhythm. I take a very structured approach to educating my girls, which makes me rather an oddity amongst my home educating friends, who mostly favour an...
View ArticleWeek 9 Back to routine
We resumed our lessons this week after a week long break. I have added a WW1 slant to our reading, with this week being Remembrance Sunday. Tuesday was a busy day as we went to our local cinema for...
View ArticleExploring Nature With Children: A Complete, Year-Long Curriculum
The last few months have been busy..very busy. I wrote a book! I have written the book that I have always wanted to buy; a book that really does take the hassle out of nature study, the book that I...
View ArticleStudy Nature
I shall be hosting a weekly ‘Explore-along’ on my Facebook page, to share our nature studies from Exploring Nature With Children. Each week I shall post what we got up to for that week’s lesson and I...
View ArticleSunday Walk & Nature Journal Entry
Our family afternoon walk, in our local woodland. Here is my nature journal entry that I completed upon my return home: Ink and water colour paint. I always add a little splatter ;) The 30% discount...
View ArticleNever Be Within Doors…
Please come and say hello in the Exploring Nature With Children Facebook page. We are gearing up for our first ‘Explore-Along’ which begins on Monday.
View ArticleThe September Nature Table
In my book, Exploring Nature With Children, I share about keeping a nature table with children. We have kept a family nature table since my children were very young, and it is a practice that brings...
View ArticleWe Are All Meant To Be Naturalists…
Come and say hello on the Exploring Nature With Children FaceBook group!
View ArticleThe Autumn Book Basket
The Autumn Equinox is almost upon us, so I wanted to share with you the children’s books that I have collected over the years. They are very much family favourites, and I hope that you will find a...
View ArticleThe Lunar Eclipse
We made it for the eclipse! We had a very vocal visit from a neighbourhood cat, plus one of our garden hedgehogs was out enjoying the food we leave for them each night. We listened to our hedgehog...
View ArticleThe October Nature Table
The October nature table is looking quite festive! Next week’s nature walk in Exploring Nature With Children is Autumn leaves, so our table is dressed accordingly. I made the big mushroom child, the...
View ArticleAutumn Pond Study
Hello all Sorry for the delayed post this week – I have been under the weather. Our nature walk for this week from Exploring Nature With Children was the Autumn Pond Study. We went on Monday; a...
View ArticleWeekend Walk ~ Knitting & Fishing Edition!
The Autumn air was very still for our weekend walk. Rose did some fishing. I knitted. Glorious gifts Happy times
View ArticleExploring Nature With Children ~ Autumn Tree Study
this week’s activity in Exploring Nature With Children was the autumn tree study. We headed off to our local park, and were somewhat waylaid by pigeons, geese, and ducks.. Elianna took some smashing...
View ArticlePumpkin Week ~ Exploring Nature With Children
This week was Exploring Nature With Children Pumpkin Week! This has been our ‘half term’ week. We took a break from our formal learning to relax and recoup. We went on some walks, big girl had a...
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