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It’s almost Vernal Equinox Week in Exploring Nature With Children! The equinox itself falls on Monday the 20th of March this year.

Here are some links to inspire your learning this week:

• Autumn Equinox explained (video) This is a really smashing explanation for the equinoxes, and is equally applicable to the vernal equinox.
• Nature Journaling: John Muir Laws & the art of slowing down, sitting still, and paying attention.
• Spring Picnic Recipes
• How to sow wild flower seeds
• Resources from Twinkl

Exploring Nature with Children is an open and go curriculum. To make it even easier, I have created a free calendar for you to download.

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 to enable you to connect with other families working through the ENWC curriculum. This week’s hashtag will be: #ENWCvernalequinoxweek

Happy exploring!

Next week is Spring Pond Study Week in Exploring Nature With Children !

The natural world is waking after its long winter sleep and you will begin to see much activity at your local pond. Here are some links to inspire you this week:

• Spring Pond Dip. A snapshot of life in a back garden pond.
• How to draw frogs and toads : John Muir Laws
• Drawing reptile and amphibian eyes : John Muir Laws
• Frog spawn time lapse video
• The life cycle of a frog: video
• Frog applying ‘sun cream’: BBC Documentary
• Lots of resources from Twinkl

Exploring Nature with Children is an open and go curriculum. To make it even easier, I have created a free calendar for you to download.

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 to enable you to connect with other families working through the ENWC curriculum. This week’s hashtag will be:#ENWCspringpondweek

Happy exploring!

It’s almost Nesting Birds Week in Exploring Nature With Children! 

Here are some links to inspire you this week:

• How Birds Camouflage Their Nests – BBC video
• How to Draw Birds – John Muir Laws
• Make Like a Bird and Nest!

Exploring Nature with Children is an open and go curriculum. To make it even easier, I have created a free calendar for you to download.

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 to enable you to connect with other families working through the ENWC curriculum. This week’s hashtag will be: #ENWCnestingbirdsweek

Happy exploring!

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 of March fall as follows:

27th ~ 5th A Rest Week

6th ~ 12th Week 1 Nesting Birds Week  #ENWCnestingbirdsweek

13th ~ 19th Week 2: Spring Pond Study Week #ENWCspringpondweek

20th ~ 26th Week 3: Vernal Equinox Week {The equinox falls on Monday the 20th } #ENWCvernalequinoxweek

27th ~ 2nd 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
• 5th Second Sunday of Lent
• 12th Third Sunday of Lent
• 17th St. Patrick’s Day
• 20th Vernal Equinox
• 29th Fourth Sunday of Lent, Mothering Sunday, and British Summer Time begins

Happy exploring!

Next week is a rest week in Exploring Nature With Children. 

To keep up your nature study momentum, spend a little time discussing the changes that have been happening in your own special nature spot. Talk about the topics that your child has recently been learning about: 

• What do they remember about local precipitation levels?
• How do we tell apart a waxing and waning moon?
• Tell what they know about how the moon’s appearance changes over the course of the month.

Do keep in mind these wise words from Miss Mason’s book: School Education:

We have all been in the case of the little girl who said, “Mother, I think I could understand if you did not explain quite so much.”

Here are some links for an extra little break week fun:

Ways to Get Wild

20 Science & Nature Questions

Exploring Nature With Children is an open and go curriculum. To make it even easier, I have created a free calendar for you to download.

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 to enable you to connect with other families working through the ENWC curriculum. This week’s hashtag will be: #ENWCbreakweek 

Happy exploring!

It’s almost Field Trip Week in Exploring Nature With Children! To quote Dr. Seuss, “Oh, the places you’ll go!”

This week is all about choosing a new place to go for your nature walk; either an entirely new place to you and your child, or somewhere you very rarely visit. 

Here are some links to inspire you this week:

• How to take a nature walk with children
• Top 10 Tips for Winter Walks with Babies & Young Children
• Getting out in nature with children: BBC
• Why our children need to get outside and engage with nature

Exploring Nature With Children is an open and go curriculum. To make it even easier, I have created a free calendar for you to download.

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 to enable you to connect with other families working through the ENWC curriculum. This week’s hashtag will be:  #ENWCfieldtripweek

Happy exploring!

It’s almost Evergreen Week in Exploring Nature With Children!

Here are some links to help with your nature study:

• Evergreen Detectives! (video)
• Woodland Trust Tree ID App
• vTree App ~ Tree ID North America~  iPhone & Android
• How to Draw Trees: Conifers ~ John Muir Laws
• Painting Evergreen Trees in Watercolour
• Making Paintbrushes with Natural Materials
• Evergreen Shortbread Cookies
• How to Make Pine Resin Salve

Exploring Nature With Children is an open and go curriculum. To make it even easier, I have created a free calendar for you to download.

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 to enable you to connect with other families working through the ENWC curriculum. This week’s hashtag will be: #ENWCevergreenweek

Happy exploring!

Next week is Earthworm Week in Exploring Nature With Children! Here are some links to help with your nature study:

• Field Guide to Earthworms (produced by Nature Watch in Canada)
• Identifying Earthworms
• The Amazing World of Earthworms in the UK ~ video
• Earthworm Diagram to Label
• The Common Earthworm
• BBC: Did you know? Worms
• How to make a wormery

Exploring Nature With Children is an open and go curriculum. To make it even easier, I have created a free calendar for you to download.

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 to enable you to connect with other families working through the ENWC curriculum. This week’s hashtag will be: #ENWCearthwormweek

Happy exploring!

I hope that this February 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 February fall as follows:

30th ~ 5th Week 1 Candlemas Week { Candlemas falls on Thursday 2nd } #ENWCcandlemasweek

6th ~ 12th Week 2: Earth Worm Week  #ENWCearthwormweek

13th ~ 19th Week 3: Evergreen Week #ENWCevergreenweek

20th ~ 26th Week 4: Field Trip Week  #ENWCfieldtripweek

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:

February brings the rain,
Thaws the frozen lake again.

~ The Months by Sara Coleridge

Special days this January:

• 5th: Full Moon
• 2nd: Candlemas Day
• 14th: St. Valentine’s Day
• 20th: New Moon
• 21st: Shrove Tuesday
• 22nd Ash Wednesday

Happy exploring!

If you’re planning to take advantage of the Winter Sale, please note that the sale ends today, Sunday. 

All products are discounted by 20% in the shop, no code is needed.

Happy exploring!