Our August Nature Adventure was on a beautiful and bright sunny day, but our thoughts and lesson were geared toward the night sky! Every month I choose a new topic for Nature Adventure - August was the last month in 2022 to see a Super Moon so I naturally chose the night sky to be… Continue reading Stars
Our upcoming Nature Adventure will be about the night sky. We are taking a trip to the Dyer Observatory to learn more about our solar system so I wanted to include the topic of space in our nature study. When I was putting together the resources for our upcoming class I found that this month… Continue reading Full Moon Hike
We were blessed to be featured as a book party article in the Wild + Free bundle WINGS - such a perfect bundle name for this picture at our party: We had a wonderful time celebrating this book with our friends and thankful that we could share it with the Wild + Free community! Grab… Continue reading Nerviest Girl in the World
I love the early summer time when you can easily spot the mulberry trees heavily laden with their fruit! I'm always worried that the birds will beat me to the ripe ones but we've been very lucky this month to forage several times within the past few weeks! Our spot for class this month was… Continue reading Mulberry
This book club is a discussion based book club for ages 10+ and is focused on learning more about history and culture. To see the books we read last year click here. This year we will focus on a blend of Native American stories, Greek history, and a mix of adventure! Our meetings will be… Continue reading No Frills Book Club 2022-2023
One and Only Ivanhosted by Melissa When my children read this book they were so excited to see how each chapter was written. This is a wonderful book to give your children that are just entering into the world of chapter books! The description of the book from Amazon reads:"This unforgettable novel from renowned author… Continue reading One and Only Ivan
Mysterious Benedict Societyhosted by Jennifer McConnell If you live in Tennessee long enough you will find that the weather is just as mysterious as the events in this fun book! We planned on having our party on a nice spring day in April (the day before the party was a beautiful day in the high… Continue reading Mysterious Benedict Society
lithograph of flies If you had told me that one day I would become passionate about observing and learning about flies I would have said you were crazy! LOL! It's amazing the things we can learn ourselves as we lead our children into a feast of education on the natural world around us! This month… Continue reading May flies and Crane flies
Matilda by Roald DahlHosted by Lauren Tomlin Roald Dahl's books make for the best book parties! There is so much creativity and childhood imagination within Dahl's storylines. The book Matilda is no exception! Children love relating to Matlida's cleverness as she goes from being ignored by her family to being loved by her teacher and… Continue reading Matilda Book Party
Our topic for this month's Nature Adventure was moss! Moss is a plant, but different from our common flowering plants. We began our discussion today on how living things can be categorized into different levels. This graphic is from my Child's World volume about plants and animals and a great visual on the differences between… Continue reading Moss Nature Adventure
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