I hope that this March 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! 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 March fall as follows:
1st ~ 7th Week 1 Nesting Birds Week #ENWCnestingbirdsweek
8th ~ 14th Week 2: Spring Pond Study Week #ENWCspringpondweek
15th ~ 21st Week 3: Vernal Equinox Week {The equinox falls on Saturday the 20th } #ENWCvernalequinoxweek
22nd ~ 28th Week 4: Garden Snails Week #ENWCgardensnailweek
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:
March brings breezes loud and shrill,
stirs the dancing daffodil.
~ The Months by Sara Coleridge
Special days this March:
- 1st: St. David’s Day
- 7th Third Sunday of Lent
- 14th Fourth Sunday of Lent
- 17th St. Patrick’s Day
- 20th Vernal Equinox
- 21st Fifth Sunday of Lent
- 28th Palm Sunday & British Summer Time begins
Happy exploring!
