I have recently become interested in doing nature studies with my kids.
I’m not sure when we will fit it in to our crazy schedule, but that is part of
the point.  I really desire a more relaxed lifestyle with my children and how much more relaxed can you get than studying nature?  Anyways, this is where I am storing what I learn and find about nature studies.  I hope some one else will be blessed by it. 

Some things I have learned is:

♦Allow children to explore nature often.

♦Nature studies help with observation skills.

♦Let their journals be their own.

♦Don’t grade the journals!!!!

♦Help the child discover nature on their own.

♦Don’t forget about the nature in your own back yard.

♦Study nature through all the seasons.

♦Don’t forget that weather, rocks and the night sky are apart of nature.

Here are some nature pages that I made that I wanted to share.  I hope they will help someone.  Hint: if you think you may want to use them in the future please go head and download them, I’m not sure how long this file storage lasts.

Mammal Notebooking Pages  Bird Notebooking Pages Tree Notebooking Pages

Here are some links I found:

Nature Guides

http://www.enature.com/home/

http://www.oplin.org/tree/index.html

http://www.maine.gov/doc/foliage/kids/glossary.html

http://www.fws.gov/migratorybirds/shrbird/shrbird.html

http://www.mbgnet.net/

Nature Studies How to

http://highland.hitcho.com.au/naturejournal.htm -a great supply list and information 
on how to get started

http://charlottemason.tripod.com/autumn.html - ideas for autumn

http://charlottemason.tripod.com/winter.html - ideas for winter

http://charlottemason.tripod.com/spring.html - ideas for spring

http://charlottemason.tripod.com/backyard_nature.htm - backyard nature

Unit Studies

http://www.homeschoollearning.com/units/unit_09-21-01.shtml -a unit study on Autumn

Notebooking Pages

http://www.notebookingpages.com/Notebooking_Pages_Free_Science_Pages.html  -she has
 some bird pages and astronomy pages that could be used for a nature study

http://www.notebookingnook.com/10/12/files/Free.Bird.pdf -more bird 
notebooking pages

http://www.notebookingnook.com/10/12/files/SpringtimeFloral.Packet.pdf -floral 
pages that could be used for nature studies

http://www.notebookingnook.com/FreePages/FreeScienceNaturePages/files/OwlPoem.pdf - owl 
page

http://www.notebookingnook.com/FreePages/FreeScienceNaturePages/files/OwlPoem.Prim.pdf 
-owl  page with primary lines

http://www.notebookingnook.com/FreePages/FreeScienceNaturePages/files/NaturePages..pdf 
-nature pages

http://www.donnayoung.org/science/natj/natrjrnl.htm

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/schoolyard/T_Resouces/ColoringBook.pdf -really
nice bird workbook with things to fill in

http://highland.hitcho.com.au/naturejournals.htm

http://www.homeschoolwithindexcards.com/Notebooking_Forms/AnimalFactSheet.pdf

http://www.homeschoolwithindexcards.com/Notebooking_Forms/BirdRecord.pdf

http://www.homeschoolwithindexcards.com/Notebooking_Forms/PlantFactSheet.pdf

http://highland.hitcho.com.au/bugjournal.pdf

http://highland.hitcho.com.au/beejournal.pdf

Identification Cards/ Collection Cards

http://highland.hitcho.com.au/flowersamplecard.pdf

http://highland.hitcho.com.au/LeafSamplecard.pdf

http://highland.hitcho.com.au/mushroomsamplecards.pdf - be real careful! Some 
mushrooms/ toadstools are poisonous!!! 

http://highland.hitcho.com.au/plantid.pdf

http://highland.hitcho.com.au/treeid.pdf

Nature Poems/ Nature Quotes

http://www.naturewriting.com/frquotes.htm - not all of these are Christian 

http://www.kellscraft.com/yearwithbirds.html

http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems.html

Coloring Pages

http://www.nps.gov/plants/color/northwest/ -coloring book of wildflowers

http://www.nps.gov/plants/color/txhill/ -coloring book of wildflowers

Some nice products for sell:

Notebookingpages.com Nature Pages

Notebookingpages.com Bird Pages