We are are a week into October and the trees are just magnificent in their autumn colour! I thought it the perfect time to pull a post from our homeschool nature study archives. This post was from 2012 and is as relevant now as it was then. At the start of each new month, I …
Its pumpkin season! Each year we love to take a trip out to our local pick-your-own and choose some lovely pumpkins to decorate our front door and our deck for the autumn. If, for some reason, we don’t make it to a pick-your-own then we make sure to pop a few pumpkins into the weekly …
Autumn is a lovely time to start a year long tree study. We begin our homeschool nature study on autumn leaves by watching the leaves slowly change colour and learning about why that happens. Once all the leaves have dropped and revealed the tree trunk and branches its offers us a chance to study the …
We have had some wonderful thunderstorms in Cheshire this summer but we certainly have not had as much rain as we would have liked. In some areas of the UK we already have hosepipe bans and this seems to be a recurrent theme lately. I thought that I would pull a post from my homeschool …
Its summer and what better time is there to study insects in our homeschool nature study! They are in abundance right now so I thought I would pull a post from our homeschool nature study archives for you to enjoy. This post is from 2012 when we went on an insect hunt. I hope you …
When I told the girls that we were going to be looking at the Oak tree for our homeschool nature study outdoor hour challenge – they were really pleased. Our introduction to this challenge was done with some friends at our Friday co-op. ‘Although from two to three hundred years is the average age of …
Including a few winter nature crafts in your homeschool always amps up the fun factor! It’s a great way to get some time outdoors and chase away the ill tempers and you can never go wrong with a bit of fresh air! It’s good for the mind, body, and soul. Studies have shown that time …
Weather is almost an inexhaustible subject for nature study and at this time of the year, a nature study on frosty weather is sure to be a hit! Our Nature Study on Frosty Weather There is always something different happening, especially this time of the year as we move from Autumn into Winter. At the moment in …
This week we did a seaside nature study. I was reflecting on how easy it can be to let nature study slide in your homeschool. Nature study, if you are not careful, can fall by the wayside (as can composer and artist study) in favour of exam subjects. If these things are important to you …
One of my goals for this year was to be more purposeful in making entries in my nature journal. So far it’s been a fairly good month… Recent Nature Journal Pages I started off by finishing the phenology wheel I kept the whole of last year. I was disappointed at the beginning of the month …
