This week’s Calendar of Firsts.
So much COLOUR all around!
Category: Nature Study
Fungus Week: Exploring Nature With Children
This week in Exploring Nature With Children is ‘Fungus Week’.
Here are some helpful links to get you going:
- How to draw fungus (John Muir Laws video workshop)
- Starfish fungi timelapse BBC
- Exploring fungi
- The Magic of Mushrooms – BBC documentary
Happy exploring!
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?
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!
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!
Autumn Pond Study: Exploring Nature With Children
This week in Exploring Nature With Children is ‘Autumn Pond Study Week’.
Here are some helpful links to get you going:
- Life in a pond Study Guide
- Pond water under the microscope
- How to draw ducks: profile view. John Muir Laws
- How to draw ducks: The head. John Muir Laws
Happy exploring!
Happy Autumn Equinox!
Autumn…the year’s last, loveliest smile
William Cullen Bryant
Autumn Equinox Week: Exploring Nature With Children
This week in Exploring Nature With Children is ‘Autumn Equinox Week’.
Here are some helpful links to get you going:
- Autumn Equinox explained (video)
- Creating a Watercolour Nature Journal Page ~ A Tutorial
- Autumn picnic recipes
Happy exploring!
Our Nature Journals Week 37
Acorns, Hawthorn, Curly Dock, Blackberries, and Elder. Recording the folklore around these beautiful plants.
Rose recorded a little about seed dispersal
My Calendar of firsts this week: Rosehips and Guelder Berries.
