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Week 17 ~ Brrrrrrrrr!

We had a light dusting of snow at the weekend, which was fun & utterly freezing! We had a lot of freezing fog which made for a bitterly cold day. On Monday we went to do some nature study at the...

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Week 18 ~ Snow Days

This week has been a little…interrupted… We have had two visits to the dentist (a family visit & a second visit to evaluate my big girl for braces. On top of that Elianna & I have both felt...

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Week 19 ~ Candlemas

I began this week in a very chilled out frame of mind after spending the weekend at a silent retreat. This is my third silent retreat & I was really looking forward to it. The peace & quiet,...

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Week 20 ~ Thinking About The Garden

Rose & I have really been enjoying reading A Little Garden Calendar For Boys & Girls. What    a smashing book! It goes through the months of the year, following the gardening adventures of a...

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Week 22 ~ A Week With The Annes

On Monday Elianna & I went to a local-ish home ed meet for older children. Rose stayed with her Granny & Grandad, whilst us ‘big girls’ went off for the day. More model molecule making for...

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Week 23 ~ 100 Days Of School

Wednesday was our ‘100th Day Of School’. We always make it a special day; special breakfast, lessons worked around the 100 theme, a little educational gift…but this year I had forgotten all about it...

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Exploring Nature With Children: A Complete, Year-Long Curriculum

The last few months have been busy..very busy. I wrote a book! I have written the book that I have always wanted to buy; a book that really does take the hassle out of nature study, the book that I...

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Another Fresh New Year Is Here…

Happy New year! I hope it is a peaceful one, filled with wonder x

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A New Year, A New Diary. Beginning A Calendar Of Firsts

A happy New Year to you! My goal this year is to keep a Charlotte Mason inspired Calendar of Firsts; to record recurring seasonal events, such as the first snowdrops, the first apple on our tree in...

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A Calendar Of Firsts: Lists

How are you getting on with your Calendar of Firsts? I have begun mine and I am finding it to be a quick, and non-threatening form of nature journaling! Inspired by Charlotte Mason, who mentions list...

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Moon Week ~ Exploring Nature With Children

This week in Exploring Nature With Children it is Moon Week! Tonight is the new moon, so a great time to begin your journaling. Do let me know what you get up to in your nature studies, in the...

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A Calendar Of Firsts: 4th~10th Jan

My Calendar of Firsts this week: Our first garden Goldfinch Magpies and crows in the park. One of Rosie’s favourite pigeons, Swiff, that has been tied up (we found the remains of a string, tied around...

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A Calendar Of Firsts: 11th~17th Jan

My Calendar of Firsts this week: Lots of rainbows! Daisies and a squirrel in the park Playful sparrows A robin and a great tit spotted whilst on a shopping trip A beautiful pink sky on a frosty...

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A Calendar Of Firsts: 18th~24th Jan

My Calendar of Firsts this week: Tufted ducks on the pond Geese and pigeons in the park Playful sparrows A beautiful, full moon. My ‘colours’ for the week, along the top left hand page, are blue grey,...

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January Nature Table

I cleared up our advent nature table once Epiphany was over, and the kings had made their arrival (you can see a photo of the December table here.) We keep our nature treasures in a special box and...

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Candlemas Week ~ Exploring Nature With Children

This week is Candlemas week in Exploring Nature With Children, and it has come blustering in, all sunshine and wild winds. The pigeons were hungry! We were thrilled to see that Swiff, the pigeon who...

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A Field Trip ~ Exploring Nature With Children

Firstly, I apologise for the misleading nature of the title of the post! If you are following along with Exploring Nature With Children, you will know that this week is field trip week. We are quite...

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Nesting Birds ~ Exploring Nature With Children

We are technically a week behind with Exploring Nature With Children, our focus this week having been our local bird life.  Rose did find two rather lovely frogs in our pond this morning, so she spent...

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Morning Walk

Spring is definitely one the way!

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Evergreens: Exploring Nature With Children

This week in Exploring Nature With Children is ‘Evergreens Week’. We shall be exploring how these beautiful trees survive the cold and low levels of light. Here are some helpful links to get you...

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