Shining Dawn Books

How can a topic like erosion and weathering be any fun?  You might not think it’s the most interesting nature subject, but what a unique and exciting study of God’s creation awaits you!

Once you start looking, you’re sure to find signs of erosion and weathering all around. Our nature walk section provides you with all sorts of ideas for finding erosion or weathering and noting them in your nature journal. You’ll learn how to spot the difference between the two and be surprised at how many of the signs you can find in your own neighborhood!

Come home to try experiments, make soil paint and create a salt-dough map. Learn more about the positive and negative effects of erosion and how you can help stop damage in your area. Research land forms caused by erosion or weathering and find out about a famous conservation scientist.  You’ll be surprised at how long a topic like this can keep you busy with the ideas found within the unit.  Fifteen eye-catching notebooking pages are included, too!

Everchanging Erosion isn’t your run of the mill nature study! Freshen the same old walks by opening your eyes to something new!

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54 pages, e-book

“The NaturExplorer study Everchanging Erosion got us excited about nature walks again!  The long list of possible assignments gave us something new to look for and do on our nature walks.  Back at home, we used some of the hands-on activities to learn more about what we had seen outdoors!  NaturExplorers gets an A+ from me!  If Charlotte Mason herself had written a nature study curriculum, it would have been NaturExplorer Unit Studies!” Read Jimmie’s full review at Jimmie’s Collage!

“After reviewing the unit Everchanging Erosion, I was completely sold on this. Melissa and Cindy have put together a unit study that is both informative and fun. They have covered the subject completely and included so many interesting and exciting ways to learn about erosion. I can’t wait to begin using this with my children!” ~Julie Snider, Oklahoma, Forty Acres, A Husband, and Three Kids

“If you’re a mom with multiple ages in your homeschool, Cindy and Melissa give you ideas for adapting the material for younger and older children.  While written with the elementary child in mind, Everchanging Erosion is very adaptable for younger and older students.  Everchanging Erosion would make a great co-op unit study, too.” Read the entire Old Schoolhouse Magazine review by Kendra Fletcher.

“I was immediately pleased to see a wide variety of activities throughout the unit and an abusdance of information, eliminating the need to spend time searching for appropriate materials and ideas on my own.” Read the entire Old Schoolhouse review by Melissa Theberge.

  $8.95

The NaturExplorers unit studies are electronic books (e-books). Immediately upon checkout, you will receive an email containing your PDF download. Please check your junk mail folder if the download doesn’t arrive in your inbox. You may email Cindy at naturexplorers@gmail.com with any questions regarding your purchase.

Links to art, artists, composers, compositions, poetry and literature suggestions:

Artist and Picture Study – Henri Matisse

Open Window

The Bank

La Moulade

Luxembourg Gardens

Composer and Music Study – Felix Mendelssohn

Hebrides: Fingal’s Cave

Poetry -

Student Poetry

Recommended Books and Such

Everchanging Erosion



These are links to specific titles that we have suggested where we ask you to do your own internet search because of copyright.  We’re hoping this will be an acceptable compromise!  There are often other books we have suggested to go along with the art, composer or poetry suggestions.  They are already included in the “recommended book” section, so we chose not to link them again.

As always, if you come across a great link or additional idea for any of these areas, please let us know and we’ll add it right away!

You might enjoy some fun extras I’ve been pinning to go along with Everchanging Erosion.

Ever Changing Erosion Sample Pages