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Downloadable Files to Share

General Files

• Weekly Chore Checklist-Updated 3/08 (Word)
• Weekly Dinner Menu Planner-Updated 3/08 (Excel)
• Daily Schedule-Updated 4/08 (Word)
• Kid's Chore Cards-Updated 3/08 (Word)
• Food Journal (Excel)
• Education Journal - Blank (Excel)

Nature Study Files

• Taking Note of Birds List (Excel)
• Birds Notebook Page - UPDATED(Word)
• Northern Cardinal Study Guide (Word)
• Plant Journal (Excel)
• Science Journal (Excel)
• Cloud Identification Sheet (Excel)
• Fire! The Renewal of a Forest - Unit Study (Word)

Nature Links

• Cornell Lab of Ornithology ~ Bird Guide
• What Bird? ~ Bird Guide
• ENature
• National Geographic - Creature Features
• Ruby-Throated Hummingbird Migration Map
• Great Backyard Bird Count - Feb. 2009
• Great American Backyard Campout - June 2009
• ebird - Report Bird Sightings Anytime
• Round Robin - Blog From Cornell Lab of Ornithology
• Help Identifying Tricky Birds, and Lots More!

Nature Identification Posts

• Nature Identification How-To's
• Wildflower Walks, Identification, and Notebooking
• Take a Wildflower Walk

Kentucky Nature Identification Websites

• Common Mammals of Kentucky
• Wildflowers of Kentucky
• Trees of Kentucky
• Common Butterflies of Kentucky
• Birds of Kentucky
• Insects and Spiders of Kentucky-under KY Critter Files
• Snakes of Kentucky
• Reptiles of Kentucky
• Frogs and Toads of Kentucky
• Amphibians of Kentucky
• Kentucky's Flora and Fauna

Nature Projects We've Done

• Homemade Hummingbird Nectar
• Homemade Suet
• Bagel Bird Feeders
• Nature Walk: 3-D Nature Scenes
• Nature Prints in Clay
• Nesting Materials Bag
• Nature Walk: Poster Collage
• Rock Painting
• Our Nature Table
• Mushroom Spore Prints
• Woodland Fairy House
• Nature Art ~ Blueberry Painting
• Nature Craft ~ Wind Wands
• Nature Art ~ Leaf Bursts

Nature Studies

• Clouds Unit Study
• Dandy Dandelions Study
• Mushroom Study
• From Eggs, to Tadpoles, to Toads
• Forest Fires Unit Study
• Gardening
• Teaching with Nature ~ Math
• Science Experiments
• Outdoor Hour Challenges
• Wind Study
• A Full Moon Walk
• Snow Study
• Bird Study
• Nuts About Nature Class
• Creek Fun

Simple Backyard Nature Ideas

• We Love Mud
• Turn it Over
• Animal Habitats
• Let It Grow
• Can You Hear It?
• Imagination Play

Art and Music

• Picture Study - Creative Writing Activity
• Nature Walk, 5 Elements of Shape, Vivaldi
• Monet Impressionism ~ Vivaldi
• Watercolor Project ~ Vivaldi
• Mary Cassatt ~ Tempera Monoprint
• Nature's Paintbox: Autumn Tempera Paints
~ Poetry and Vivaldi
• Nature's Paintbox: Summer Watercolors
~ O'Keeffe and Vivaldi
• Nature's Painbox: Spring Pastels ~ Stravinsky
• Henri Matisse ~ Cut Paper Art

Our Educational Philosophy

"Education is an Atmosphere, a Discipline, a Life."
~ Charlotte Mason

• Who Was Charlotte Mason?
• Summaries of "The Original Homeschooling Series"
• Why Homeschoolers are Turning to a Charlotte Mason Education
• Simply Charlotte Mason

Nature Study is Education!

• Precious Moments in God's Creation
• Can Nature Teach?
• Finally, the Elusive Pileated Woodpecker
• Carving Out Time for Nature Study
• Teaching with Nature ~ Math

Charlotte Mason Quotable
"It would be well if we all persons in authority, parents and all who act for parents, could make up our minds that there is no sort of knowledge to be got in these early years so valuable to children as that which they get for themselves of the world they live in. Let them once get touch with Nature, and a habit is formed which will be a source of delight through life. We were all meant to be naturalists, each in his degree, and it is inexcusable to live in a world so full of the marvels of plant and animal life and to care for none of these things." --Charlotte Mason, Vol.1, p. 61

Textbook Curriculum We Currently Use

• Teaching Textbooks Math
• Primary Language Lessons"
• Intermediate Language Lessons
• The Write Stuff Adventure
• Mystery of History

Categories

• Amphibian Study
• Art and Music
• Awards
• Bible
• Birding
• Butterflies and Moths
• Charlotte Mason
• Cloud Study
• Dictation
• Events
• Family
• Field Trips
• Gardening
• Hands On Learning
• Healthy Living
• History
• Holidays
• Home
• Household and School Planning
• Just For Fun
• Language Arts
• Math
• My Blog
• Natural Learning
• Nature in Autumn
• Nature in Spring
• Nature in Summer
• Nature in Winter
• Nature Crafts
• Nature Journaling
• Nature Study
• Organization
• Our Homeschool
• Outdoor Hour Challenges
• Poetry
• Recipes
• School Group
• Science
• Seasons
• Simple Backyard Nature
• Snow Study
• Unit Studies
• Wildflowers
• Wind Study

Other Blogs I Visit

• Our Journey Westward
• By Sun and Candlelight
• There's No Place Like Home
• Handbook of Nature Study
• Dawn in the Home
• Higher Up and Further In
• Rose Cottage
• His Mercy is New
• Toodlebugz
• Heritage Schoolhouse
• Once Upon a Muffin
• School for Us
• Living Life Between the Trees
• Homeschooling. Oregon Style.
• Raising Little Shoots
• Science of Relations
• Song of My Heart
• Heritage Schoolhouse
• Crafty Crow

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