Nature studies

Incorporating nature studies into homeschooling and home education

Image of a pinboard with posters depicting the autumnal equinox and a painting called The Harvest Moon, above two storage baskets of papers and folders

The homeschool “school room”

Like many homeschooling families that transition from regular public school, we went through a phrase of trying “school at home”. I saw pictures online of beautiful “homeschool school-rooms”, with the children sat at desks or tables, the black boards, bookcases, the educational posters and nature art and thought that was what we needed and I […]

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Image is of the book Play The Forest SChool Way being held up against a background of grass and trees

Play The Forest School Way: book review

Play The Forest School Way: Woodland Games, Crafts and Skills for Adventurous Kids by Jane Worroll & Peter Houghton is written as a guide for parents, teachers and guardians looking to bring some of the principles and activities of Forest School into their time with their kids. It works whether you’re looking to bring some […]

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A secular take on Exploring Nature with Children

I was introduced to the Exploring Nature with Children curriculum early in our homeschool journey by a dear friend, and the yearly calendar of nature based education appealed. We are a secular, atheist homeschooling family. Exploring Nature with Children (ENWC) is a Christian curriculum but we have found it adapts well to our secular homeschool. […]

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