School Year 2016-2017.
Theme for the year....Nature Study!
We have been working into school the last couple of weeks and I am LOVING our topic for the year. Nature/God's Creation has seemingly endless fascinating elements, and the kids have been showing a lot of interest in observing, dissecting, using the microscope, and even writing about the things we've learned the past week and a half.
A couple of weeks ago I spent a few hours gathering our main curriculum and supplemental texts. The main two being: the Charlotte Mason Nature Journal and Considering God's Creation. I then gathered some textbooks that we had inherited from my elementary school after its closing, and bought a couple of used books on half.com. For the few of you who are interested in this sort of thing, here is the flow chart I came up with, as I attempted to coordinte the material from all the books:
Our 2016-2017 Nature Study Flow Chart.
Here are the books we're using that are mentioned in the flow chart:
Charlotte Mason's Nature Journal. This journal was my basic guide as I planned out the semester. It goes through all 4 seasons, revisiting the same categories of nature each time. There are enough prompts for one entry per week. We plan to meet up with friends weekly to fill these out and play.
Considering God's Creation (Teacher's Guide and Workbook) from Eagle's Wings. We are loving this book. My kids go crazy over little worksheet-type crafts and this book has lots of them.
Charlotte Mason's Nature Journal. This journal was my basic guide as I planned out the semester. It goes through all 4 seasons, revisiting the same categories of nature each time. There are enough prompts for one entry per week. We plan to meet up with friends weekly to fill these out and play.
Considering God's Creation (Teacher's Guide and Workbook) from Eagle's Wings. We are loving this book. My kids go crazy over little worksheet-type crafts and this book has lots of them.
How Nature Works by Reader's Digest.
Nature Study: A Pupil's Textbook. This is a reprint of an old classic. It guides in observation of different things in nature. What I really love is that each topic is followed up by a writing assignment. Since I make up my own language arts assignments from our theme, this is a great help for me.
Plant Life. From the Bern School library.
Insects and Spiders. From the Bern School library.
Plant Parts.
Usborne World of Plants.
DK Encyclopedia of Animals.
How Seeds Travel. From the Bern School library.
Junior Science Book of Trees. From The Bern School library. (not pictured)
Jack's Insects. A fun fiction book that teaches about insects.
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