I believe Charlotte Mason was completely correct in her idea that nature study is very important for children.  I feel that using Animals and Their Worlds is staying perfectly in tune with this idea, and we are so blessed by it! 

Today we read Flute's Journey, a book that follows the life and migration of a wood thrush named Flute.  It is not only informational and touching, but also a gorgeous picture book.  My boys LOVED it!  And I did, too!    This book described the trials that this amazing little bird goes through each year, and how the choices that people make in developing land and using pesticides can affect migratory song birds.  After we were done reading, C. & G. drew the wood thrush's migration route from Maryland to Costa Rica on the mark-it-map.  They both enjoy maps very much, so this was a perfect activity for them.  Tomorrow I will print out a map for each of them so they may have a copy for their notebooks as well.