I hope that this May 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 May fall as follows:
1st ~ 7th Week 1 Caterpillars Week One #ENWCcaterpillarsweek
8th ~ 14th Week 2: Caterpillars Week Two #ENWCcaterpillarsweek
15th ~ 21st Week 3: Black Garden Ants Week #ENWCblackgardenantsweek
22nd ~ 28th Week 4: Butterflies Week #ENWCbutterfliesweek
29th ~ 4th Week 1 Museum Visit Week #ENWCmuseumvisitweek
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:
May brings flocks of pretty lambs,
Skipping by their fleecy damns.
~ The Months by Sara Coleridge
Special days this May:
- 1st: May Day
- 2nd Early May Bank Holiday (UK, IRL)
- 2nd Eid al-Fitr (Muslim)
- 8th Mothers’ Day (US)
- 23rd Whitsun / Pentecost (Christian)
- 26th Ascension Day (Christian)
Happy exploring!
