Shining Dawn Books

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

Life Under Rocks

Cindy | November 23, 2009

Our family is studying rocks each week this month during nature study.  We’ve found all sorts of colored rocks, rocks with minerals, layered rocks, weathered rocks and even rocks with fossils!  I’ll write a post  about those finds soon – if not here, then over at Our Journey Westward.
One week’s focus was on life under [...]

We Need Your Help!

Cindy | November 20, 2009

Update:  We have our two reviewers who will receive a free unit.  Be looking for a similar offer before too long!
We’re looking for one or two of our customers to write a review of a NaturExplorers unit of their choice at HomeschoolReviews.com.  Here are the “catches”…

You need to have actually purchased a unit from us.  [...]

Late Fall Fun

Cindy | November 16, 2009

Not every nature walk has to be serious!
Let your children take the lead during nature study often.  It might not be just the thing you would’ve planned, but it will be exciting and worthy nonetheless.
~Cindy

HSBA Nomination!

Cindy | November 11, 2009

Shining Dawn Books has been nominated for Best Curriculum or Business Blog in the Homeschool Blog Awards.  How exciting!!!  Thank you to our nominators!!!
You can click on the graphic above to see all the categories and nominees.  If you’d like to vote for Shining Dawn Books, you can click on the link above to go [...]

Audubon Field Guides

Cindy | November 3, 2009

One nature study question I hear quite often is, “Which field guide series is your favorite?”  Depending on the subject, I almost always answer National Audubon Society Field Guides.
Now, Melissa may differ with me and decide to put up a post about her favorites.  :)  But, for this post, I want to focus on why [...]