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Hearts in Nature

January 28, 2019 By Lisa

hearts in nature

How to find Hearts in Nature Being able to improve observation skills begins with actually taking the time to look. We all love the Heart emoji, but lets free it from its smartphone home and see where it appears in natural form. Ten places to find Hearts in Nature Celandine The humble Celandine has always […]

Filed Under: children's activity, collections, parent interest, Shape Hunting Tagged With: 4-8 years, cardiod, finding shapes, geometry, hearts

Seeds that travel

September 28, 2018 By Lisa

seeds that travel

Seeds that travel Many flowers and plants around us may have arrived from somewhere else. They are plants with seeds that travel. That somewhere may be far away or it may be just up along the road. Whichever it is, how do seeds travel? Seeds that travel do it for the same reasons but they […]

Filed Under: collections, for teachers, identification, nature study, seasons, trees Tagged With: 4-8 years, 7-9 years, 9+ years, nature, observation

String, Straight-edge and Shadow

June 14, 2018 By Lisa

string,straight-edge and shadow

String, Straight-edge and Shadow The Story of Geometry by Julia E Diggins, Floris Books Mixing history and legend this intriguing book explores geometry’s greatest discoveries and through stories and illustrations explains the geometric principles which underpin mathematics in our world   FLORIS BOOKS The tradition that we call GEOMETRY is so very much part of life […]

Filed Under: for teachers, geometry, parent interest, reading, Steiner Waldorf, teaching, World geometry Tagged With: 9+ years, book review, earth and the solar system, geometry

Natural weaving

May 31, 2018 By Lisa

Natural weaving

Natural weaving with a ‘Y’ branch This type of natural weaving involves gathering your own natural materials including a natural loom. A ‘Y’ shape stick works really well for this. What you can do with a ‘Y’ shape stick : construct a triangle den and learn the properties of strength plot a curve using only […]

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Natural Collections in a chocolate box

May 31, 2018 By Lisa

natural collections in a chocolate box display

Natural collections in a chocolate box Many people ask me about suitable display boxes for their natural collections. There are lots of ways to display and it is something I get really into. Anything that already has dividers is great. we previously did a shell collection in an ice cube tray. One of my favourites […]

Filed Under: collections, crafts, identification, nature study, parent interest, Shape Hunting Tagged With: 9+ years, charlotte mason, collecting, finding shapes, nature, observation

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