Nature Studies

We put a lot of focus on nature studies. It is great for building curiosity, research, and learning to appreciate our surroundings. In doing nature studies, we can cover writing, language, science, research skills, and art. We put things we learn about nature into our nature notebooks. They are 3-ring binders with page protectors for each page. They end up being kind of a scrapbook of our findings. Here are some samples of the types of things we do for our notebooks. Some of the pictures are a little light, but you can get the idea.

As they get older, their books become more advanced and you see more papers, poetry and diagrams.