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Here please find an idea of how we handle our Nature Study and the books we've used and plan
to use for our studies.
Our main or 'spine' book for Nature Study is "The Handbook of Nature Study" by Anna Botsford Comstock. This
is by FAR the best literary book ever written - in my opinion- for teaching science and nature study. It does not "dumb
down" the information in the least. It calls for specific and intent observations on the part of the children yet amazes
me that even my 4 year olds were able to gleen things from it. The book is written for the parent. It provides
the information you will need to answer your children's questions, provide them with acurate information, and expand their
knowledge in the natural way a mother should. It is often we find ourselves out of doors looking for a particular natural
focus and we observe something else entirely. We then enjoy looking it up in the HNS and discussing, reading,
and narrating the information - they want to learn more and more. It is much more natural that the children EXPERIENCE
and observe God's amazing world for THEMSELVES being led by an educated mother. This is where the HNS provides support,
education and help for the mother as the natural teacher the Lord created us to be.
Of course the beauty and purpose of it is to include this book with VERY hands on studies outdoors and plenty of
access to animals, plants, and the Lord's glorious world!
Schedule of Nature Study
These are books that we have used and enjoyed and/or books recomended by other homeschoolers
or one of the CM style curriculums previously mentioned that we plan on using.
If you have an amazing book that you'd like to
try, please feel free to email it to me! I'd love to share it!
Download a few of them for free- (links should be attached below the title listed).
Or click on our Amazon links to purchase them.
Schedule of Nature Study
These are books that we have used and enjoyed and/or books recomended by other homeschoolers
or one of the CM style curriculums previously mentioned that we plan on using.
If you have an amazing book that you'd like to
try, please feel free to email it to me! I'd love to share it!
Download a few of them for free- (links should be attached below the title listed).
Or click on our Amazon links to purchase them.
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