
I hope that this Octber Nature Note finds you & your loved ones well.
So many of you are new to Exploring Nature with Children, and are joining us for the first time. 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 October fall as follows:
2nd ~ 8th Break Week
9th ~15th Week 1: Autumn Leaves Week #enwcautumnleavesweek
16th ~ 22nd Week 2: Autumn Pond Study Week #ENWCautumnpondweek
23rd ~ 29th Week 3 Autumn Tree Study Week #ENWCautumntreeweek
30th ~ 5th Week 4: Pumpkin Week #ENWCpumpkinweek
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:
Fresh October brings the pheasant;
Then to gather nuts is pleasant.
~ The Months by Sara Coleridge
Special days this October:
- October is Black History Month
- 8th World Dyslexia Awareness Day
- 4th-10th World Space Week
- 14th New Moon
- 28th Full Moon
- 29th: British summertime ends
- 31st: Hallowe’en

Happy exploring!
