Shining Dawn Books

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

Global Journey Music

Melissa | July 29, 2010

A study or observation of nature would not be complete without adding the element of music.  After all, music is most often naturally inspired by the sounds of nature. Recently, I’ve had the pleasure of reviewing nature music CD’s from Global Journey Music.  As you may already be aware, each of our NaturExplorers studies includes [...]

It’s Caterpillar Season…

Cindy | July 24, 2010

and butterfly season, but those fast and furious butterflies won’t sit still long enough for me to snap a picture! On a recent walk with my hubby – alone (do you know how precious a nature walk alone with my husband is?? ) – we came across some beautiful, blooming milkweed. I’ve known for quite [...]

Wild Blackberry Walk

Cindy | July 22, 2010

In our neck of the woods, July is wild blackberry month.  Over time, we’ve located several wild brambles growing along fence lines around our farm.  I have to admit that harvesting is a tad difficult because of all the thorns, but well worth the effort.  I wanted to share just a few pictures from our [...]

The Unit You’ve Been Waiting For – and a GIVEAWAY!

Cindy | July 19, 2010

You’ve been asking for it and it’s finally here… If you thought our other NaturExplorers studies were chock-full, just wait until you see this one! Incredible Creeks is our biggest unit to date with so many ideas and activities that you might just decide to camp beside the creek and keep studying for weeks! Of [...]

Butterflies Flutter By (and Moths too)!

Melissa | July 17, 2010

Cindy and I have decided that periodically we’d like to start sharing specific ideas from our units with you to show you exactly how we are applying them.  Also, you may find a free notebooking page every now and then in these posts! This week I’m going to feature how I applied ideas from our [...]