Nature Study | Botany and Zoology

This spring unit is similar to ones we did in the past. We collect an assortment of nature science books in botany and zoology, coordinate projects and hands-on activities, and round it out with some picture books and games. Sounds easy, but it's not always so simple. This time around, I have several new books and a couple new kits I'm looking forward to trying. And as always, I don't know how to squeeze it all in. It's like being in a buffet. You have to make choices, and well, sometimes, I just want to have it all. Because this unit will overlap our history units (which should have been finishing up by now), we'll have to take the first several weeks kind of easy on this unit. In a separate video, I'll share my lesson planning process. I want material and projects for my 7 year old as well as my 11 year old. Sometimes it's hard to find projects and books that fit that age gap.

This time around, I want to focus our lessons on the new books we got this year. You can check them out here:
   • Book Haul | The Most Beautiful Books...Ever!  

We also have some projects lined up that we did previously, so I won't have new videos on the Pine Tree kit and Root Observation kit from Nature-Watch, but we will have on on the Herb Greenhouse kit. You can see all of the kits we've done from Nature-Watch here:
   • Homeschool Kits for Self Directed Learning...  

Since we've completed our Botany Main Lesson block last year, we won't have duplicate videos of activities we did with that block, but you can see those lessons and activities here:
   • Waldorf Botany Main Lesson | UNIT STUDY PL...  

Since we have a couple pages left in our Math in the Garden garden journal, we'll schedule two more projects. Plus we like that book. It's packed with garden activities that incorporate math. It's genius!
Check out the projects we've done so far:
   • Watercoloring a Dandelion | Math in the Ga...  

We've been doing nature units for several years and you can see the one we did when this channel was still brand new:
   • Acorn Naturalists | Homeschool Haul  

Last year we also did a mini unit on Honey + Bees:
   • Nature Unit Study Bees  

I shared the game Wildcraft. You can see a detailed video here:
   • How to Play Wildcraft! | An Herbal Adventu...  

I also shared Mikael's, Nicola's and Becca's channel. Check them out!
MonsonSchoolhouse
   / @monsonschoolhousewithmikae2903  
Becca Glass:
   / beccadoo1121  
White Fort Home:
   / @whiteforthome8138  

Check out the blog post for this video here:
https://www.pepperandpine.com/homesch...

Find me here:
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https://www.pepperandpine.com

want to apologize to Mikael from MonsonSchoolhouse for the verbal blunder when mispronouncing her name and channel! Enjoy some cringe-worthy outtakes at the end of this video.