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December Nature Study Calendar

This site contains affiliate links that benefit my family if you purchase through them. Read my full disclosure here.This site contains affiliate links that benefit my family if you purchase through them. Read my full disclosure here.Download this free December nature study calendar to help you get outside and explore plant and animal life this winter. The December nature calendar…
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10 Winter Nature Study Ideas

Sometimes we’re tempted to think that nature study comes to a halt in winter. These winter nature study ideas will remind you that though nature might slow down in winter, there is still a lot going on. Wildlife in winter is sometimes hidden– the gall fly hidden in the goldenrod gall and the downy woodpecker that snacks on them when…
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Charlotte Mason Picture Study & FREE Printables

Charlotte Mason believed that picture study was an important part of a child’s education. She felt strongly that as a child studied a carefully chosen work of art, the child was drinking in beauty and developing powers of observation that would affect them for life. It was part of spreading a feast, as Ms. Mason liked to call it, before…
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Green Stain Fungi and Fruiting Bodies

One thing I love about nature walks is that you can head out looking for one thing (in this case May Apples) and stumble across something completely different. I was puzzled recently when we came across a fallen log that was stained an attention grabbing blue-green. Don’t you love the contrast between the yellow lichen and the bluish wood? As…
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5 Winter Squash Varieties for the Self-reliant Gardener

I’ve been hearing a lot about food security lately, and while I can’t predict what the future holds, it makes sense to be more independent in the way we acquire our food. If you’re trying to grow a lot of calories, winter squash is at the top of the list. In Carol Deppe’s book The Resilient Gardener, she lists squash as…
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Amy Carmichael’s Prayer for Children {Printable}

We cannot overemphasize the importance of prayer in our children’s lives. One of my favorite methods of prayer is praying scripture over my children. There is something powerful about using God’s word in prayer. For years, I’ve loved Amy Carmichael’s prayer that she prayed for the children under her care in her orphanage in India. You can tell that she…
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