Shining Dawn Books

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

Making Potions From Nature

Cindy | September 6, 2010

Once again we’ve found a wonderful guest post to share with you!  Squashed Tomatoes inspired us with and experiment to do with wildflowers/fruits & nuts/leaves that we had never thought of.  We’re thankful that she’s allowing us to share her idea with you here! “Kids love doing this – and it’s very easy to set [...]

Dioramas

Cindy | May 20, 2010

In some of our NaturExplorers units we suggest the completion of a diorama to go along with a research project.  Dioramas are such a fun and creative way to model entire habitats or ecosystems.  Even better, they can prove to be an informal assessment of your child’s understanding when you ask him or her to [...]

A Spring Craft

Cindy | April 8, 2010

One of the top questions we’re asked is how to include preschoolers in nature study.  Last fall, each of us wrote a post about how we include our own little ones during nature walks.  Cindy’s was titled Nature Study with a Toddler or Preschooler and Melissa’s was titled Studying Trees with Preschoolers or Toddlers. As [...]