I couldn’t live where there were no trees – something vital in me would starve.
L.M. Montgomery
Category: Winter
Candlemas Week : Exploring Nature With Children
It’s Candlemas Week in Exploring Nature With Children
Candlemas falls on Friday, February 2nd
Here are some links to help with your nature study.
- What is Candlemas?
- Candlemas Day
- Presentation of the Lord, Candlemas, and Groundhog Day by Father Scott Winchel (video)
- How to make beeswax candles
Happy exploring!
Calendar of Firsts: Week 4
Mosses!
January Brings The Snow…
January brings the snow
Makes our feet and fingers glow.
~ Sara Coleridge
Winter Pond Study Week: Exploring Nature With Children
It’s Winter Pond Study Week in Exploring Nature With Children
Here are some links to help with your nature study.
- Why Doesn’t Winter Kill all the Fish and Plants ~ video
- Sketching Skies, Water, and Reflections ~ video workshop by John Muir
- Types of Waterfowl in the UK
- A Guide to Identifying North American Waterfowl
Happy exploring!
Nature Journals : Week Three
My Calendar of Firsts: Week 3
Alder: male & female catkins, plus the crocus and snowdrops are beginning to peep through.
Winter Tree Study: Exploring Nature With Children
It’s Winter Tree Study Week in Exploring Nature With Children
Here are some links to help with your nature study.
- How to Draw Trees in Winter ~ John Muir Laws
- How to Draw Snow on Trees ~ John Muir Laws
- What Does a Tree do all Year? ~ BBC
- Let it Snow ~ The Secrets of Nature ~ Documentary
Happy exploring!
Calendar of Firsts: Week 2
Calendar of Firsts: Week 2
Alder & frozen Bramble leaves
What have you recorded this week?
Moon Week: Exploring Nature With Children
Some helpful links for January’s Moon Week in Exploring Nature With Children
Moon Phases Calendar January 2018
Lunar Sketching by Daniel Mounsey PDF
Moon Phases Demonstration ~ video
Do We Need the Moon? BBC documentary
Happy exploring!
Adopt The Pace Of Nature
Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience
Ralph Waldo Emerson