Happy New Year! I hope that this January Nature Note finds you & your loved ones well.
If you are new here, and to Exploring Nature with Children, I’m thrilled that you’re joining us! January is a smashing time to begin to study nature. If you subscribe to the blog posts on the website, You’ll receive the monthly Nature Note, which will give you an overview of the month ahead, and also the weekly Exploring Nature with Children theme posts, which I hope will be helpful to you in your studies.
For those of you who are using Exploring Nature With Children, the weeks for January fall as follows:
4th ~ 10th Week 1 Winter Sky Week #ENWCwinterskyweek
11th ~ 17th Week 2: Moon Study Week #ENWCmoonweek
18th ~ 24th Week 3: Winter Tree Study Week #ENWCwintertreeweek
25th ~ 31st Week 4: Winter Pond Study Week #ENWCwinterpondweek
If you’re over on Instagram, do pop over and say hello! The Instagram page is very much about community; think of it as your virtual home school co op! Our community uses the #exploringnaturewithchildren hashtag, & also specific weekly hashtags { see above } to enable you to connect with other families working through the ENWC curriculum.
There’s a free ENWC calendar for the year to download here.
As always, please work the weeks to suit your own circumstances best; these are just my own suggestions!
Seasonal notes:
January brings the snow,
makes our feet and fingers glow.
~ The Months by Sara Coleridge
Special days this January:
- 1st: New Year’s Day
- 5th: Twelfth Night
- 6th: Epiphany
- 7th: Distaff Day
- 11th: Plough Monday
- 25th Burns Night
Happy exploring!
