This is so neat... Hey can you do a day in the life of your first grader? My niece is going on first grade next year it would be a lot of help. Thanks.
Where do you get your curriculum from? I am very interested!! We started out with a boxed curriculum and are exploring the Simply Charlotte Method now ... Id love to look into what your presenting because it looks SO engaging and fun. Is there a lot of teacher prep for me to do prior to doing lessons, Id love more insight so I can see if this would be something that would work for our family or if it would be to much to chew in my season of life. My eldest just turned 11 and I am due with our 6th baby in about 6 weeks so I have to be realistic with myself HAHA
I love your enthusiasm! I use a Waldorf curriculum as a guide, but often stray from the main lesson block to add more books and projects. I love the Charlotte Mason philosophy as well, I find it to be user friendly. I often choose a variety of books and craft books to put together my units. That method tends to work well with multiple grades as everyone can participate, even if the work they produce is different.
On the silk cocoon, not sure of you were saying you didn't know how you felt about silk because of the cruelty aspect (towarda the silk worms) but if so, there is other methods of harvesting silk that are interesting and completely harmless.to the little guys. Just thought i'd share :) look into Ghandi silk if you are interested.
Great video! I have several of the eyewitness books. The Outside Your Window book looks wonderful. I use nature watch as well we ordered some weather items this past summer.
Thank you Candes, I'm right at that time where I have to seriously consider erasing it for the next unit and I haven't brought myself to it yet. Hmmm....botany for the year?!
We just played our Into the forest also :) I like to play it like war. It makes it simple and we just discuss where in the food chain the animals and plants are.
So helpful! We are starting our first year of homeschool soon - just starting out with pre-k. Would love to see more (especially with your daughters lessons!) :)
I wish you would have liked the practical naturalist more. I was considering that one. Although I'm glad it helped with fungus 'cause that's my biggest weak point.
So, for the nature study, a Charlotte Mason is a better approach just from the standpoint that the children are led and find what they would normally gravitate towards versus what we want them to see.
And they seem to learn so much more that way. I know when we take nature hikes that are led by a guide who knows what to look for and points out plants and birds and geological formations, the children love it and learn a lot. But if I say we're going to try this activity, they would rather explore on their own. They remember what they've learned from our nature hike and love finding those things again.
My partner is a Botanist, so I can't not say this: fungi aren't plants. Botany is the study of plants, the study of fungi is a completely different field: Mycology. While Botanists tend to know a lot about fungi since fungi heavily affect plants, fungi are more closely related to animals than to plants.
Right you are. This study shows the progression from 'ancient plants' or lower plants to higher plants. The curriculum does differentiate. I may have misspoken in the video, but our lessons were clear. Thanks for the info!
Salaam Hana - Did you end up using the 2 books by Arabella Buckley ? I found them on amazon a while back and was contemplating if I should buy or not. They aren't the cheapest here in canada - $16 per book - are they worth it? Now that I'm seeing them on this video, I'm thinking probably not.
Im sad that I can't find math in the garden! It looks like maybe just one store in the US sells it. Too bad that one looks good! Also, we don't have access to any waldorf curriculum for botany (which I'm planning for spring). I came across this book. Have you seen it before? www.amazon.ca/gp/product/1597143154/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=A3DWYIK6Y9EEQB&psc=1
The Arabella Buckley books are great if you live in England and better if you lived there 100 years ago! They are not living books for our specific location. You need some context for the info. It's just words if you don't know what tree she's talking about. We read the one on Trees twice now. I don't know why I didn't just skip that one since we read it the previous year and just move on to one of the other ones.
Wow that chalk drawing is amazing! :o
This is so neat...
Hey can you do a day in the life of your first grader? My niece is going on first grade next year it would be a lot of help. Thanks.
I will consider it for this year, but she'll be doing KG activities for most of the year :)
what age groups do you use these for? would you recommend this for a kindergarten-aged child?
Where do you get your curriculum from? I am very interested!! We started out with a boxed curriculum and are exploring the Simply Charlotte Method now ... Id love to look into what your presenting because it looks SO engaging and fun. Is there a lot of teacher prep for me to do prior to doing lessons, Id love more insight so I can see if this would be something that would work for our family or if it would be to much to chew in my season of life. My eldest just turned 11 and I am due with our 6th baby in about 6 weeks so I have to be realistic with myself HAHA
I love your enthusiasm! I use a Waldorf curriculum as a guide, but often stray from the main lesson block to add more books and projects. I love the Charlotte Mason philosophy as well, I find it to be user friendly. I often choose a variety of books and craft books to put together my units. That method tends to work well with multiple grades as everyone can participate, even if the work they produce is different.
On the silk cocoon, not sure of you were saying you didn't know how you felt about silk because of the cruelty aspect (towarda the silk worms) but if so, there is other methods of harvesting silk that are interesting and completely harmless.to the little guys. Just thought i'd share :) look into Ghandi silk if you are interested.
Thank you for the link. Yes, I was feeling a little bad about the process. Happy and relieved to know there's another way.
Great video!
I have several of the eyewitness books. The Outside Your Window book looks wonderful.
I use nature watch as well we ordered some weather items this past summer.
Little Honeybee Home with 4 littles Nice! Did you already use your Nature watch materials?
WOW the kit with the pine cones is AWESOME! Going on my wish list for sure!
It had some beautiful samples and we are really pleased with it. Plus there's enough for us to do this project every year for a long time!
If you don't have, I suggest Anna Comstock's Handbook of Nature Study for a resource.
Thank you for the book recommendation, Monique :)
Love the chalkboard drawings. Beautiful work. I don't think I could bring myself to erasing it. Love this unit study you've laid out.
Thank you Candes, I'm right at that time where I have to seriously consider erasing it for the next unit and I haven't brought myself to it yet. Hmmm....botany for the year?!
Your drawings are incredibly amazing!!!
Your video has inspired me to do a plant unit with my girls! Thanks! We are learning about george Washington carver so it will go great with that.
We just played our Into the forest also :) I like to play it like war. It makes it simple and we just discuss where in the food chain the animals and plants are.
My problem with the library is getting there period honestly, I need to be home to get schooling done.
I hear ya!
So helpful! We are starting our first year of homeschool soon - just starting out with pre-k. Would love to see more (especially with your daughters lessons!) :)
I wish you would have liked the practical naturalist more. I was considering that one. Although I'm glad it helped with fungus 'cause that's my biggest weak point.
Have you used it with other subject areas? The fungi section was nice.
So, for the nature study, a Charlotte Mason is a better approach just from the standpoint that the children are led and find what they would normally gravitate towards versus what we want them to see.
And they seem to learn so much more that way. I know when we take nature hikes that are led by a guide who knows what to look for and points out plants and birds and geological formations, the children love it and learn a lot. But if I say we're going to try this activity, they would rather explore on their own. They remember what they've learned from our nature hike and love finding those things again.
That math in the garden book looked really interesting!
It's a winner!
My partner is a Botanist, so I can't not say this: fungi aren't plants. Botany is the study of plants, the study of fungi is a completely different field: Mycology. While Botanists tend to know a lot about fungi since fungi heavily affect plants, fungi are more closely related to animals than to plants.
Right you are. This study shows the progression from 'ancient plants' or lower plants to higher plants. The curriculum does differentiate. I may have misspoken in the video, but our lessons were clear. Thanks for the info!
Salaam Hana - Did you end up using the 2 books by Arabella Buckley ? I found them on amazon a while back and was contemplating if I should buy or not. They aren't the cheapest here in canada - $16 per book - are they worth it? Now that I'm seeing them on this video, I'm thinking probably not.
Im sad that I can't find math in the garden! It looks like maybe just one store in the US sells it. Too bad that one looks good! Also, we don't have access to any waldorf curriculum for botany (which I'm planning for spring). I came across this book. Have you seen it before? www.amazon.ca/gp/product/1597143154/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=A3DWYIK6Y9EEQB&psc=1
The Arabella Buckley books are great if you live in England and better if you lived there 100 years ago! They are not living books for our specific location. You need some context for the info. It's just words if you don't know what tree she's talking about. We read the one on Trees twice now. I don't know why I didn't just skip that one since we read it the previous year and just move on to one of the other ones.