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•12:17 AM
Every week when Thursday rolls around, I realize that it is nature study day and I wonder how I am going to pull it off. I have a hard time because we are on a green belt in the city and there is not a lot of nature and not a lot of privacy. Last Thursday, we hit the jackpot. This poor Monarch Butterfly was injured on our lawn and being the homeschool mom that I am, I grabbed the chance to make it a learning opportunity.
For Katie Ann, drawing comes naturally while Timothy has to work harder at it. I have seen a huge improvement from him since the beginning of school in his ability to draw and his willingness to try to draw. He also got out his Audubon book of Insects and verified the species and read the information aloud to us all.
Josiah's Butterfly & Narration
Katie Ann's Nature Journal Entry
Timothy's Nature Journal Entry
Timothy's DrawingIt turned out to be a very fun and successful lesson. I think all of the kids enjoyed it. Timothy and I had a talk about being in the 5th grade and using more than one sentence in his descriptions, but even that went well.
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5 comments:
Wow...your kids are great artists! I'm impressed.
XOXO
Holy cow! Can I take art lessons from your kids?
Love the journal entries!!
Beautiful!
What a lovely family you have!
I love your banner.
Keep up the good work :-)
Beautiful journal entries & a wonderful study!