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Pumpkin Week ~ Exploring Nature With Children

November 1, 2015November 1, 2015by raisinglittleshootsLeave a Comment

This week was Exploring Nature With Children Pumpkin Week!

This has been our ‘half term’ week. We took a break from our formal learning to relax and recoup.

We went on some walks, big girl had a friend over to stay, little girl went to a Halloween forest school with friends.

We carved our pumpkins (and I forgot to photo us doing so!)

The girls dressed up for Halloween

We went to a local community party, and then trick or treating with friends.

Today big girl stayed in bed, whilst little girl, daddy & I went to the park

My journal for this week

See you next week for Exploring Nature With Children Fungus Week!

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I Cannot Endure To Waste Anything So precious…

October 30, 2015by raisinglittleshootsLeave a Comment

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Under An English Sky Reviews Exploring Nature With Children

October 27, 2015October 27, 2015by raisinglittleshoots2 Comments

Shirley at Under An English Sky has written a smashing review of Exploring Nature With Children.(Psst, there is a 30% discount code at the end of her review!)

Please do pop over and say hello. She has a really loving and inspiring blog.

British Home-grown Nature Study Curriculum – And A Special Offer For My Readers

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The Poetry Of The Earth…

October 23, 2015October 23, 2015by raisinglittleshootsLeave a Comment

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Exploring Nature With Children ~ Autumn Tree Study

October 20, 2015by raisinglittleshoots6 Comments

this week’s activity in Exploring Nature With Children was the autumn tree study. We headed off to our local park, and were somewhat waylaid by pigeons, geese, and ducks..

Elianna took some smashing photos with her ‘phone.

It was a gorgeous day, & we did manage a little tree study!

Rosie’s Redwood

And look what we found nestled in the grass…

Our journals this week:

Happy Exploring!

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Weekend Walk ~ Knitting & Fishing Edition!

October 18, 2015October 18, 2015by raisinglittleshootsLeave a Comment

The Autumn air was very still for our weekend walk.

Rose did some fishing.

I knitted.

Glorious gifts

Happy times

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Autumn Pond Study

October 17, 2015by raisinglittleshoots8 Comments

Hello all

Sorry for the delayed post this week – I have been under the weather.

Our nature walk for this week from Exploring Nature With Children was the Autumn Pond Study. We went on Monday; a beautiful, glorious Autumn day! Unfortunately I forgot both my camera and ‘phone!

I do have photos of our nature journals, however, which we did ‘en plein air’.

I did a very ‘sketchy’ sketch, breaking the rule I give my children; ‘Draw what you see, not what you think you see, or want to see!” But I have to confess that after several years of painstakingly sketching exactly what is in front of me, I do enjoy this more ‘laissez-faire’ style.