Shining Dawn Books

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

Build Your Own Bird Blind

Cindy | July 9, 2010

In our Animal Signs NaturExplorers study, we make a suggestion to build a secret hiding place in which to observe animals without them observing you.  Rosina from Rosy ~ Posy, and her children, spent some time recently making an indoor bird blind.  We loved the idea so much that we asked if she would mind [...]

Animal Signs in Spring

Cindy | March 29, 2010

Spring is a great time of the year for finding animal signs!  Animals are no longer hibernating and many have migrated back “home” for the seasons ahead.   At the same time, there isn’t much foliage to hide tracks, scat, burrows and such.  Below are some of the fun finds we found on a recent nature [...]

Finding Animal Signs

Cindy | December 14, 2009

December is SO busy!  Our family slows down drastically on the regularly scheduled school plan.  Nature study, however, proves to be just the thing we need to relax and find peace in the hectic weeks.  We aren’t getting out as much as a normal, but the walks we are taking have led us to many [...]

Animal Tracks Field Guide

Cindy | December 1, 2009

During the month of December,my family will be using the Animal Signs NaturExplorers unit.  Finding signs of animals and tracks are rather easy this time of year with much of the land and trees “uncovered” by the Lord.  The most difficult part of studying animal signs for me is recognizing animal tracks.  So many look [...]

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 [...]