Shining Dawn Books

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

New Units and New Pricing

We have been diligently working to get THREE new units ready for your late summer and fall nature studies! We’d like to introduce:

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Butterflies Flutter By – A unit packed full of caterpillar and butterfly information and activities.

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Constant Conifers – A unit that takes you on an in-depth tour of the amazing conifer plant.

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Fruits and Nuts – A unit that opens your eyes to the wonderfully varied and interesting world of edible and inedible fruits and nuts.

You’ll notice that the unit prices are a bit higher this time around. Why? Well, if you thought the first twelve units were full of great ideas and information, you won’t believe how much more extensive and full these three new units are!  Bringing nature study alive in your homeschool has never been easier!  In fact, because we’re so impressed with these new units, we are currently working on revamping ALL of the original twelve units. Slowly, but surely, each of the NaturExplorer units will be expanded and brought up to par with the three new units. As each unit is complete, you will notice its price change, too.

What  improvements can you expect with the new units?

  • More background information for the teacher
  • Expanded, more detailed indoor and outdoor activity ideas
  • Additional ideas in almost all sections
  • Many more notebooking pages – most units will have 15 or more!
  • Notebooking pages that are top-notch in interest and design
  • A better, easier to read layout
  • Fewer outside links, which means more detailed directions for various activities

We’ve really tried to make these your one-stop unit study!  With each of these new units being 60 pages or more, there are literally hundreds of ideas for all subject areas, besides math and phonics.  (In most units, though, you can find at least one or two math related ideas!)

Enough gushing!  How about a contest for THREE of you to win one of these incredible new units to try for yourself??  You will have until this coming Sunday (August 16th) to comment on this post.  We will draw winners on Monday, August 17th and announce them here.  Here are the rules:

  1. Comment here for ONE chance to win.
  2. Blog about the contest for ONE chance to win and let us know in your comment.
  3. Add our site to your RSS feed for ONE chance to win and let us know in your comment.

(Be sure to give us your blog or email address so we can contact you if you win!)

You can have up to THREE chances to win! Please spread the word.  If we get over 50 comments, we’ll give away SIX units to SIX different people!

Good luck and happy nature studying!


About The Author

Cindy
Cindy is a eclectically Charlotte Mason mom of three living on a cattle farm in Central KY. She and her family have learned so much about God's awesome power, creativity, care and tenderness through God's creation! Nature study has not only enhanced our homeschool, but our Christian walk as well.

Comments

70 Responses to “New Units and New Pricing”

  1. ellee says:

    what great additions! thank you.

  2. ellee says:

    just added your rrs feed!

  3. HopiQ says:

    These look awesome! Good job!

  4. HopiQ says:

    I added you to my reader!

  5. Beth says:

    I’m sure they’re great! Thanks for the giveaway!

  6. amy says:

    Just getting started with hs! These look good!

  7. amy says:

    I added you to my RSS too! Glad to have found your site!

  8. kathy says:

    Love the topics of these new studies!

  9. Jeanette says:

    Ordering a few…these are just what I have been looking for. Thanks for doing all this work ladies!

  10. collette kilinski says:

    I added you to my Rss feed!

  11. collette kilinski says:

    I love these– I would love to use these with my 3 nature loving girls! they look terrific!

  12. Jo says:

    These look great, look forward to checking a few out!
    Thank you ladies!

  13. Kaci says:

    Im so impressed with your work! I hope to be one of the winners!
    thanks
    Kaci

  14. Tracy says:

    I posted about this on my blog, added you to my reader and added your feed to my blog. I love your books. We have really enjoyed “Fungus Among Us”. Thanks so much!

  15. Nora says:

    Oh my! You’ve outdone yourselves! I love the Bible Lessons from His Creation and all the new notebook pages. I’ve added a post on my blog about your new units as well.

  16. Candace says:

    Thanks for the heads up on the contest!! :) I’ll be back with another comment that I’m blogging about your contest. :)

  17. Jill Novak says:

    Congratulations Cindy and Mellisa. These look wonderful.

    Blessings,
    Jill

  18. Angela says:

    COOL!!!

  19. Meredith Huspeni says:

    I recently purchased six of your unit studies. They look great and we are excited to go through them this coming school year!

  20. Deanna says:

    Thanks for all that you do! We are all blessed by your work.

  21. Tristan says:

    Please enter me to win! They all look great but the one I really want is Conifers! Fun giveaway. I’m new to your products and heading to check out the rest of the site….

  22. Janna says:

    Oh, do enter me–these look wonderful!

  23. Lisa McClain says:

    These look great! I would love to win! I also posted this to my blog. Thanks!

  24. Ami says:

    We started school this week and we have the bird unit study. I am loving it! This morning my kids (4 &5) were sitting in a chair together on the patio marking down any birds they saw on the map they drew. So sweet! I love nature and your studies are just the framework I need to build on! Thank you! I’ll definitely be buying more, but winning one would be great!

  25. Candace says:

    OK, I blogged about your contest. :) And, I’m not sure about the RSS thing, but I use Google Reader and I added you to my reader list, so all your new entries will show up on my homepage now! :)

  26. Shauna says:

    This looks great! I just added your RSS feed to my reader.

  27. flo says:

    books look awesome!!

  28. Just found your site. These look wonderful! I blogged about your contest. I don’t know about RSS, but I put a link to your site in my sidebar under Nature Blogs and added you to my reading list to follow you. Thanks!

  29. Sherry says:

    These look great!

  30. Sherry says:

    I just subscribed to your feed. :)

  31. Malia says:

    These are beautiful! Congratulations!
    Malia Russell
    http://www.homemaking911.com

  32. Lori TenHaken says:

    You are both so gifted. Thanks for sharing your inspiration with us.
    Blessings

  33. Diane says:

    I haven’t had a chance yet to purchase one due to finances. I would really love to win one. Keep up the great work!
    Blessings
    Diane

  34. Jenn says:

    These look nice! :-)

  35. Susan Medina says:

    Thanks for the opportunity to win! Sounds great!

  36. Amy Perry says:

    I am new to the idea of unit studies. I would love to give one a try! Thanks for the opportunity to win a giveaway!

    Amy

  37. toodlebugz says:

    We are thrilled to get a chance to win.Read more about why on our blog. I don’t know how to do RSS feed so we posted your button!

  38. Melinda says:

    These look great! Enter me in the drawing.

    Melinda

  39. Shannon C says:

    They look amazing and perfect for my kids!

  40. Shannon C says:

    I also added your RSS. Thanks! cimsha@aol.com

  41. Krista says:

    WooHoo-so excited! thanks for the chance. ;-)

  42. Kris says:

    These look amazing (like your other ones). Thanks for the chance to win one!

  43. amandam says:

    I love the ones that I already have. These look great

  44. aimee guest says:

    These look terrific, so glad to find out about them…
    Aimee

  45. Sandra says:

    I like the look of the butterfly one, can’t wait to be able to use these.

  46. aimee guest says:

    I’ve mentioned your contest on my blog-thanks!
    Aimee

  47. Wendy Buchanan says:

    I am new to homeschooling. I love these and can’t wait to use them.

  48. Mae says:

    Looking forward to these units.

  49. Megan says:

    Great Giveaway! We are just starting preschool-homeschool and I am looking for ideas and such. I’d love to check these out.

  50. Elizabeth says:

    I’m new to homeschooling – we’ve got four children, ranging in age from nearly two, to eight years old, and I just came across your site while looking for inspiration and tips on how to homeschool. I don’t have a blog, but I’d love to put my name in for the chance to win one of your wonderful books. :)

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