Autumn Nature Walks

I don’t know why it is but I have a hard time getting fresh ideas and inspiration for our Nature Study.  I feel it’s a little pointless sometimes since my boys spend plenty of time outdoors and have  learned quite a bit about nature without any help from me!  

This week I needed some ideas so I turned to Keeping a Nature Journal by Clare Walker Leslie.  Under the chapter The Autumn Journal she gives several suggestions.  I chose the following, making a few variations:

1.  Find different grass, rush, and sedge seed heads, and draw them.

2.  Find different colored leaves.  (This is a challenge around my house since a lot of what we have is evergreen bushes.  But we did manage to find one red leaf. )

3.  What plants still have flowers?

We gathered these things, along with other interesting finds, and sketched a few of them into our nature journals.

Justus found himself a corn plant growing and fashioned for himself an arrow.  It flew pretty good, too!

So, what are you doing for Nature Study and do you adjust your study if you have older kids?

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