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Jul. 13, 2007

Nature Studies

Posted in Science

                  Nature Studies

           The world is so full of a number of things,

         I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings.

-- Robert Louis Stevenson.

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

NotebookingNook Bird Pages

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Comments

Jul. 13, 2007 - Nature Studies

Posted by bakerswife

Good luck with you Nature Studies. You children will benefit greatly! They have a very neat mom.
Blessings to you,
Karen

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Jul. 13, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Anonymous

Very nice and I'm sure your children will enjoy them. We started by studying Carl Linnaues and Sunflowers, a biological illustration he did. We came back to it a few days ago and the kids had a wonderful time dissecting sunflowers. We found a worm that had burrowed into the stem, two little orange and a teency worm on the flower head, as well as the developing seed inside.

Dana
http://gottsegnet.blogspot.com
http://backyardbirdingblog.com

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Jul. 13, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Tiany

I love it when you share these posts!!! So much great info, thanks for sharing!

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Jul. 14, 2007 - Nice work!

Posted by jugglingpaynes

eNature happens to be one of my favorites.
Here's a camera tip my sister taught me. If there is enough light in the exhibit, try going without the flash. We got a fancy digital camera with low light settings that my 11 yo figured out before I did. :o) The trick with the low light setting is you have to hold the camera pretty still while the picture is captured. When we took pictures of the lunar eclipse a few months ago, I used a tripod to deal with the steadiness issue.
Peace and Laughter,
Cristina

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Jul. 14, 2007 - Wow!

Posted by ByHisGraceInColorado

What a great list of resources! Thanks!
Thank you for stopping by my blog and leaving such a nice comment! Come back and visit anytime :)

Nancy

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Jul. 14, 2007 - Oh, Wow!

Posted by whirlwind

What awesome infomation you have here! Mind if I add it to my links?

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Jul. 14, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Canadagirl

I am going to have to really explore all these links. The ones I did click on are GREAT !!! Thanks once again !

God Bless my SSiC
In Him<><
-Mary

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Jul. 14, 2007 - Thank you for sharing this

Posted by gnjlopez

This is something I definately want to do in the future.

God Bless,
JEN

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Jul. 14, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by 2peter318

I have given you an award, if you would like to accept it, please stop by. :)
JoAnn

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Jul. 14, 2007 - Fantastic!

Posted by jenn4him

OK Lynn, you have just made my day!!! You know I am a nature nut. Thank you, dear!
Jenn

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Jul. 17, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Redbud

Lots of great links--thanks!

Sherry
http://redbudslane.blogspot.com

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Jul. 18, 2007 - Sent you r link on

Posted by Anonymous

You have such a long list of info that I had to send the link to your post on to my fellow hsers. Thank you for getting all of it together. I really like the notebooking pages you put together as well. Thank you for this wealth of info.
Kate
http://reflectionsofcalm.blogspot.com/

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