In our little corner of the homeschool universe we are finding our footings using the Charlotte Mason method.Charlotte encourages children to learn outdoors to get out and explore. To get their hands dirty {Kate completely succeeded!}
When we first decided to homeschool my sister told me I needed the book, Handbook of Nature Study. Um, the book has 887 pages . . . it's a little overwhelming!Thankfully she also told me about
http://handbookofnaturestudy.blogspot.com/
A great blog that breaks the book down into challenges.
This week {hopefully our new Tuesday morning routine} we did challenge #1.The challenge was simple, just get outside!
We journeyed to a local park and spent an hour outside getting dirty, climbing on rocks and Emma's favorite, noticing the animal foot prints in the concrete!
Nature study isn't new to us. We've been doing some type of nature study since September. But this gives us/me the tools to have a little structure! And to make the most of our time outside.I don't think the kids even noticed that they were learning this morning!
5 comments:
This looks so fun! Sounds like you are doing a phenomenal job as a homeschool mommy!
Welcome to the Outdoor Hour Challenge! Love the muddy hands and the SMILE...I think you are going to enjoy the little bit of structure that the OHC will bring to your nature study.
I hope you can share some of your adventures as you work through the book.
Thank you so much for sharing your link.
I LOVE the dirty hand picture :)
Love the dirty hands!! You will enjoy the outdoor challenges - so will your kids. Looks like you are off to a great start. Thanks for sharing
We love to hear about other parts of the world! You are going to love the Charlotte Mason approach.
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