Today we started our Nature Study! Daddy took the girls out today to get started and he is planning to “lead” this study once per week on his day off. I think this is a great way for him to get more involved in our homeschooling.

We decided to choose the sunflowers to study today. Pawpaw had some really amazing sunflowers in his garden this summer and here is a photo of one in full bloom a few weeks ago.

They are starting to hang now and the pretty petals have almost all fallen off the centers. Emira and Ainsley were able to see that the small flowers on the center will dry and fall off leaving the seeds that we all love to eat. Pawpaw will cut these down tomorrow and hang them to dry completely. This week we will continue to study our sunflowers and get to know the names/parts of the flower.

If you would like to know more about Nature Study and Nature Journaling, HERE is a great blog to visit! There you will find the link to download the Handbook of Nature Study e-book free. There are also weekly Outdoor Hour Challenges you can do for your studies as well as a wealth of information on how to get started and what Nature Study is exactly, and how it can be a great addition to your homeschool.

We are using the Mead Primary Journal Creative Story Tablets for our Nature Journaling. These are perfect since they have a space on the top half of the page for sketching. We found ours at Staples but they seem to be less expensive if you purchase them online.

If your homeschool participates in Nature Studies and you blog about it, please let us know! We’d love to visit and study along with you.

Tags: nature journal, sunflowers

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