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Field Trip Week | Exploring Nature With Children

February 17, 2019February 12, 2019by raisinglittleshootsLeave a Comment

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This week in Exploring Nature With Children is ‘Field Trip Week’. To quote Dr. Seuss, “Oh, the places you’ll go!”

This weeks 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 helpful links to get you going:

Do let me know how you get on.

Happy exploring!

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Evergreens Week | Exploring Nature With Children

February 10, 2019February 5, 2019by raisinglittleshootsLeave a Comment

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It’s Evergreens 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

Happy exploring!

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A New Facebook Group, and a Giveaway!

February 5, 2019by raisinglittleshootsLeave a Comment

FB Giveaway

Exciting news!

I have set up a new Facebook group specifically to offer community & support for those using Raising Little Shoots Nature Study books.

I’m hosting a giveaway in the group this week: I’m offering THREE lucky winners *ALL* of the RLS digital downloads!

Once you’ve joined the group, you can enter the giveaway.

I look forward to getting to know you!

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Earthworms Week | Exploring Nature With Children

February 3, 2019January 29, 2019by raisinglittleshootsLeave a Comment

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It’s Earthworms Week in Exploring Nature With Children!

Here are some links to help with your nature study:

Guide to British Earthworms
Field Guide to Earthworms (produced by Nature Watch in Canada)
The Amazing World of Earthworms in the UK ~ video
Earthworm Diagram to Label

Happy exploring!

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Happy February!

February 1, 2019January 28, 2019by raisinglittleshootsLeave a Comment

February brings the rain,
Thaws the frozen lake again.

Sara Coleridge

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Candlemas Week | Exploring Nature With Children

January 27, 2019January 27, 2019by raisinglittleshootsLeave a Comment

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It’s Candlemas Week in Exploring Nature With Children

Candlemas falls on Saturday, February 2nd and takes its name from the blessing of candles for use in church throughout the coming year, marking the presentation of the Holy Child in the Temple, where Simeon held Jesus and called him a ‘Light to the World’. In pre-Christian times February 1st was an important festival to celebrate the returning light.

Here are some links to help with your nature study.