I'm so very happy to annouce that I finallly have an official nature table!  No more cattails on top of the bookshelves or bug watchers on the floor in the walkway or completed nature projects in the way on the school table.  My very sweet hubby was so good to help me work very hard this weekend in re-organizing my schoolroom and making a spot for our new table.  Our computer used to be in this spot but has now found a new home down the hallway.  We also put an extra bookshef next to it to hold all my nature, science, art, and library books.  The top shef is for library books only.  The table is made of knotty pine wood (which I thought was very "nature-like").  It was an extra table we had bought on clearance a long time ago that was collecting dust in our basement.

A handy basket for all our field guides, clay pot to hold nature finds (hawk feather) and a couple "pretty rocks" the kids found

A book display holder for our current focus

Another basket to hold miscellaneous nature tools such as magnifying glass, bug nets and catchers

Now, I'm sure if I know ourselves well enough, this table will undergo lots of changes and will be HEAVILY used, having lots of new finds on it constantly, so it won't always look so organized!  But with how much nature study is such an integral part of our homeschooling it is such a blessing to have such a place!  My kids are as excited as I am to have a place to bring their neat nature finds now.

If you do not have the room for a big nature table, how about using a small round one like one of those decorator tables; or I've also seen people use shelving to hold their nature stuff, which looks very nice as well!

I had someone recently ask us about our schoolroom, I plan to post more photos soon of the rest of the room.

Happy Nature Adventuring!