I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers
L.M. Montgomery
Category: Autumn
Autumn Tree Study Week: Exploring Nature With Children
This week in Exploring Nature With Children is ‘Autumn Tree Study Week’.
Here are some helpful links to get you going:
- Claire Walker Leslie’s Guide To Sketching Trees
- Why Do Leaves Change Colour & Fall Off In Autumn
- Do Trees Hibernate?
Happy exploring!
Our Nature Journals Week 41
This week Rose sketched the solstices and equinoxes
In my Calendar of Firsts, this week is all about the falling leaves!
What have you been journaling this week?
Never Be Within Doors…
Never be within doors when you can rightly be without
~ Charlotte Mason
Vol 1: Home Education Part II Out of Door Life For The Children
Autumn Leaves : Exploring Nature With Children
This week in Exploring Nature With Children is ‘Autumn Leaves Week’.
Here are some helpful links to get you going:
- How to foreshorten leaves: John Muir Laws
- Why do some leaves change colour? Video
- Creative ways to recycle leaves
Happy exploring!
My Calendar of Firsts: Week 40
My Calendar of Firsts Week 40
The highlight this week was the Harvest Moon! I also sketched a Lime leaf and a Sycamore seed.
The Sense Of Beauty…
The sense of beauty comes from early contact with nature
Charlotte Mason
Harvest Moon Week: Exploring Nature With Children
This week in Exploring Nature With Children is ‘Harvest Moon Week’.
Here are some helpful links to get you going:
Happy exploring!
Our Nature Journals Week 39
Rosie’s phenology wheel for September:
A conker, and a teeny jar of blackberry jam to represent Michaelmas!
My phenology wheel for September:
A conker, and Michaelmas daisies to represent Michaelmas.
Calendar of Firsts : week 39
Michaelmas daisies, ripening Holly berries, and the feast of St Michael.
What have you been journaling this week?
Happy October!
‘Then came October, full of merry glee.’
Spenser