Shining Dawn Books

He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun. – Psalm 37:6

Finding Animal Signs

Cindy | July 28, 2009

You don’t have to walk far to find signs that animals and insects have been around!  I took these pictures over the course of two or three walks on our farm and along the edge of a creek.  My children and I felt like we were on a hunt for treasure and acted like we’d [...]

Guest Idea for Pond Study

Cindy | July 21, 2009

Dana from School For Us reviewed our Peaceful Ponds NaturExplorer unit for us a few months ago.  She knew we always LOVE to hear additional ideas and allowed us to post her VERY COOL activity idea below!  You can visit her original post about this activity (and other fun her nature club had the same [...]

Peaceful and Busy Ponds!

Melissa | July 17, 2009

This past week our nature club met at a local park to learn about ponds. Using the Peaceful Ponds unit study I lead the group in some VERY fun activities! After teaching all about ponds, we divided into three groups. One group did some pond mapping using one of the unit notebooking pages, another group [...]

Links Available!!

Cindy | July 9, 2009

Like we promised, all the links to such things as artist study, composer study, poetry and suggested literature have been added!  Now you can quickly stop by here to find links for all your fine arts studies!! Simply click on the unit you have purchased (in the right side bar) and you’ll find all the [...]

Photographing Birds

Cindy | July 6, 2009

Birds are speedy little creatures, aren’t they?  Just when you’re ready to snap a great picture, off they fly!  One of my missions this summer has been attempting to photograph birds better.  I’ve definitely improved, but still have lots to learn about keeping birds still and my camera!  LOL I’m sharing just a few of [...]