I hope that this April 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 April fall as follows:
5th ~ 11th Week 1 Spring Tree Study Week #ENWCspringtreeweek
12th ~ 18th Week 2: Plant Life Cycle Week #ENWCplantlifecycleweek
19th ~ 25th Week 3: Wildflower Week #ENWCwildflowerweek
26th ~ 2nd Week 4: Grasses Week #ENWCgrassesweek
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:
April brings the primrose sweet,
Scatters daises at our feet.
~ The Months by Sara Coleridge
Special days this March:
- 1st: April fools’ Day
- 2nd: Good Friday
- 4th Easter Sunday
- 8th Yom HaShoah Holocaust Remembrance Day (begins on the evening of the 7th)
- 13th First day of Ramadan (begins at the sighting of the new moon on the evening of the 12th)
- 22nd Earth Day
- 23rd Saint George’s Day
Happy exploring!
