Articles tagged Nature Study

Celebrating a Family Culture of Learning

by Rachel
Tuesday, 08 August, 2017
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education, Homeschooling Life
Tuesday, 08 August, 2017
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education, Homeschooling Life
One of my family’s favorite activities is taking evening walks in a nearby arboretum. We love watching the flowers eagerly surge in and out of season and observing the trees as they testify to both permanence and transience.
We each have beloved vistas along the way...

The Authenticity of Winter

by Cara
Tuesday, 24 January, 2017
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education, Homeschooling Life
Tuesday, 24 January, 2017
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education, Homeschooling Life
“I go to nature to rest my eyes. I go to nature to connect with something broader than I can understand.” – Notes on Nature Journaling, Claire Walker Leslie
Wintertime is the season when plants do their most important work. They are storing energy, deepening roots,...

How We Study Nature Indoors

by Beth
Wednesday, 10 June, 2015
categories: Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Grammar Stage (ages 4 to 11), Homeschooling Life
Wednesday, 10 June, 2015
categories: Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Grammar Stage (ages 4 to 11), Homeschooling Life
Everyone in my home loves nature study. When it is warm and beautiful or even cold and snowy, we head outside to make observations, take photographs, and draw. However, during seasons of poor weather or poor health, we do not neglect our nature studies, but rather...