Nature Walks

I recently have become very interested in a particular homeschooling method by Charlotte Mason. I have been reading a lot of her books and she has excellent ideas and reasons for learning. One thing she really recommends is getting kids outside to learn more. So we started a "nature notebook" where Marissa looks a different things outside and draws them what she finds. We also take a bag with us and collect all sorts of things to bring inside to study and look at under the microscope. Her favorite find was a dead dragonfly, his wings looked like cracked glass under the microscope.

Drawings of different tree leaves

By our pond - lots of bugs to look at

Studying the different trees in our Christmas tree field