I popped over to Homeschool Families Network recently to discuss observational nature journaling. I enjoyed writing up this guide which includes the tools, know how, journal entries and types of nature journaling. I also talked about how nature journaling is a unique reflection of one’s personality, where tastes and preferences are expressed with individual creativity. If we all explored the same nature…
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Phenology Wheel | December
We’ve packed away the books for 2018 and are looking forward to enjoying the holidays, but first we wanted to share our finished wheels! I hope you’ll join us in 2019 creating these beautiful memories. Jo: Wife, mum and homemaker.
Jacob Publishes His First Bird Field Guide
Jacob is an inspiring young man on a mission. He’s taken his passion for photography and created a Bird Field Guide for his local Bushland, Cussen Park. Jacob has also launched his new website, Digital Journey Photography. I hope his story inspires many young people to go out and do likewise. Here’s his story… My adventure this month is actually…
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Phenology Wheel | July
It’s been a couple of months since our last update and I thought you might like to see how the wheels are developing. We have been using our field journals to record what we discover as we go on our nature rambles. We chose our favourite entries, along with photos we have taken to decide what we want to include…
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Phenology Wheel | April
It was a cold, wet day today. Prefect for hiding inside. We lit the fires, warmed the house, then took out our paints and phenology wheels. The day was spent creating April’s entry. Before we start each section I outline where we will be working with a permanent marker. This helps the younger children know where we will be working….
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Phenology Wheels | March
Our school holiday project was to complete the next section of our wheels… The children were debating whether this was still classified as ‘school’ work, and if they were being tricked into working on their holidays! I will be honest and say that I have a terrible habit of finding educational projects and passing them off as ‘fun’ activities for…
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Phenology Wheels | February
The children had been planing what they might paint all month. We would see something and one would pipe up and say, “I think I might put that on my wheel.” So by the time the end of the month arrived each was excited about what they were going to paint. Before starting the next section of our wheel, we…
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Nature Study in the Home of Tracey
We’re visiting four home educators to observe how nature is studied within their homes. Today, we visit Tracey from Wild Heart Homeschool in WA. My husband and I have always loved being out in nature. As often as we could (before children), we’d pack up the 4wd Ute and set off on a nature expedition. We’d spend days, sometimes weeks…
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Phenology Wheel | January
This year we decided to create Phenology Wheels. To be honest with you until a few weeks ago I didn’t even know what they were. But, when I saw my first one, I fell in love. Phenology is the study of plant and animal cycles, and what an amazing way to record these natural cycles in a beautifully illustrated wheel….
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Nature Study with Teenage Boys
My boys do NOT like journaling! They do not like ‘Nature Study!’ If I use the words ‘a learning experience’ they will run the other way! BUT if I suggest we put the books aside for the day and go fishing, then I have their attention! Now before you think, what has fishing to do with nature study? Can I…
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Nature Study in the Home of Nicola
We’ll be visiting four home educators to observe how nature is studied within their homes. We start with the home of Nicola from The World is Their Classroom in the UK. We don’t follow a particular curriculum for Nature Study, rather we make time throughout the week to explore nature and take part in various awards and challenges such as The John Muir…
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