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Fruits and Nuts

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There’s a lot more to fruits and nuts than meets the eye! Explore them through nature walks, experiments, hands-on projects, and research as learners investigate everything from seeds and plant adaptations to growing regions and history. This flexible Christian nature study includes more than 80 ideas to choose from.

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There’s More to Fruits and Nuts Than You Might Think!

Fruits and nuts are familiar enough that they’re easy to overlook, but they’re full of fascinating opportunities for nature study. From seeds and plant reproduction to adaptations, growing regions, history, and even physics, this guide gives you plenty of ways to explore them with your family.

More Than 20 Fruit and Nut Nature Walks

Take the learning outdoors with more than 20 nature walk ideas that help learners observe fruits and nuts growing in both cultivated and wild settings.

Depending on what you find locally and what’s in season, you might:

  • Compare different fruits and nuts
  • Identify cultivated and wild specimens
  • Complete scavenger hunts
  • Graph your findings
  • Investigate plant adaptations
  • Visit an orchard or other growing area
  • Observe how fruits and nuts change through the seasons

You don’t need access to an orchard or a particular plant to use the guide. Choose the walks and activities that work with what’s available in your area and season.

More Than 60 Hands-On and Research Activities

Bring the study indoors with more than 60 experiments, projects, and kid-friendly research ideas. There’s plenty to choose from, so you can select activities that fit your learners, interests, and time.

Make berry paints, model fruit cross-sections, test buoyancy, chart climate zones, map where fruits and nuts grow, investigate imported foods, explore gravity, or research the fascinating history of scurvy.

The guide also includes 16 printable notebooking pages for recording observations, research, and learning along the way.

Science, History, Geography, and More

Fruits and Nuts can easily become more than a botany study. The activities naturally bring in geography, history, math, literature, music, and other subjects while keeping nature study and science at the center.

Use the guide for a focused study of fruits and nuts, pull out activities to complement a larger botany study, or simply choose ideas throughout the year as different fruits and nuts come into season.

Christian Nature Study

Fruits and Nuts is written from a Christian perspective and includes a study of the Fruits of the Spirit along with literature, music, and activities for Biblical character development.

Throughout the guide, learners have opportunities to study the remarkable variety and design found in fruits, nuts, seeds, and the plants that produce them while recognizing God as Creator.

A Flexible Fruit and Nut Study for the Whole Family

With more than 20 nature walks, 60 hands-on and research activities, and 16 notebooking pages, you have plenty of material without needing to do everything.

Choose what fits your family. Spend several weeks on a focused fruit and nut study, add activities to your current botany lessons, or pull out the guide when apple, berry, or nut season gives you the perfect opportunity for a closer look.

Charter-Friendly

Format

PDF
Grade Level

1st-8th Grades
Is Printing Necessary?

Some
Suitable for Black and White Printing

Yes
Pages

64

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Inspirational literature suggestions
  • Background information for the parent or teacher concerning the main focus of the nature topic
  • An abundance of creative nature walks
  • Follow-up hands-on activity ideas
  • Writing and research ideas that encompass several subject areas
  • References for Bible study, artist study, composer study and poetry tie-ins
  • Child-friendly internet links and book lists for further study
  • Ideas for adapting the material for younger and older children, as well as ideas for groups of children
  • Several colorful, prepared notebooking pages
  • General nature study suggestions

The NaturExplorers series was written with 1st-8th graders in mind. The curriculum activities are adaptable for all ages, though; specific ideas are included for incorporating your older and younger students. We have personally used NaturExplorers with children from three to fifteen, with all ages (even adults) drawn in almost magically.

Yes! Most of the ideas can easily be used with groups of children—traditional classrooms, homeschool co-ops, summer camps, after-school programs, 4-H programs, and more. Additionally, there is a small section of ideas written specifically for groups.

Any homeschooler using any homeschooling style will find NaturExplorers guides useful.  Charlotte Mason homeschoolers will love the ideas for tying in poetry, artist and composer studies, and the living literature lists to enhance learning.  Those who use unit studies will be excited that most of what they need for a full unit study is already here.  Unschoolers will appreciate the ability to implement ideas at just the right time easily.  Project-based homeschoolers will be excited at many project ideas that meet many learning styles.  Traditional and Classical homeschoolers can pull as little or as much from the ideas as they desire.

New homeschoolers and teachers will appreciate the thoroughly laid-out ideas, while veteran homeschoolers and teachers will be thankful that the ideas are already pulled together and ready to use.

It depends entirely on how you decide to use the curriculum.  Since the guides are extremely flexible, you might spend a week, two weeks, a month, or more immersing your family in one topic – much like a unit study. If you need nature walk ideas, you might spend one month or one year on a single topic. Either way, you’ll have plenty of ideas to keep you busy!

The beauty of each study is its adaptability. You can pick one nature walk and put the book down, or take nature walks repeatedly focusing on the same nature topic and not run out of new ideas for a long time. The nature topic can be used as a full-fledged, science-based unit study if desired. Besides math and phonics, you will find ideas for virtually every other subject. Some of the guides even include a hands-on math idea or two!

No need to worry! The NaturExplorers curriculum is not dependent on the literature suggestions. You are free to find other books on the same topic or leave extra reading out completely.

This answer varies depending on the part of the world in which you live.  A sample list provided below is most appropriate for those who enjoy each of the four seasons in their fullness.  Keep an eye open in your area; you’ll soon see which topics are most appropriate during a particular season.

Spring

  • Animal Signs
  • Beautiful Birds
  • Captivating Clouds
  • Constant Conifers
  • Delightful Deciduous Trees
  • Everchanging Erosion
  • Frogs and Toads
  • A Fungus Among Us
  • Hard as a Rock
  • Incredible Creeks
  • Peaceful Ponds
  • Remarkable Rain
  • Wonderful Wildflowers
  • Nature Study Through the Holidays: Easter

Summer

  • Animal Signs
  • Beautiful Birds
  • Butterflies Flutter By
  • Captivating Clouds
  • Constant Conifers
  • Delightful Deciduous Trees
  • Everchanging Erosion
  • Flying Creatures of the Night
  • Frogs and Toads
  • Fruits and Nuts
  • Hard as a Rock
  • Incredible Creeks
  • Peaceful Ponds
  • Remarkable Rain
  • Spectacular Spiders
  • Wonderful Wildflowers

Autumn

  • Animal Signs
  • Beautiful Birds
  • Butterflies Flutter By
  • Captivating Clouds
  • Constant Conifers
  • Coping with the Cold
  • Delightful Deciduous Tres
  • Everchanging Erosion
  • Fruits and Nuts
  • A Fungus Among Us
  • Hard as a Rock
  • Incredible Creeks
  • Peaceful Ponds
  • Remarkable Rain
  • Spectacular Spiders
  • Wonderful Wildflowers
  • Nature Study Through the Holidays: Advent

Winter

  • Animal Signs
  • Beautiful Birds
  • Captivating Clouds
  • Constant Conifers
  • Coping with the Cold
  • Delightful Deciduous Trees
  • Everchanging Erosion
  • Hard as a Rock
  • Snow and Ice

No way! While each NaturExplorers guide focuses on a particular topic, the lessons are not dependent on any particular things within that topic. For instance, if you can access any flower anywhere in the world, you can use the Wonderful Wildflower guide. Or, if you have access to any deciduous tree, you can use the Delightful Deciduous Trees guide.

You’ll find plenty of indoor learning suggestions, including hands-on activities, kid-friendly research projects, booklists, and more. However, much of the curriculum relies heavily on experiencing nature through creative nature walks. While you could still use the guides without taking the nature walks, you may want to consider the Nature Study Made Easy series instead.

No, the NaturExplorers series looks at nature through the lens of creation-based science and includes some Bible lessons.

You can always email a picture or story to me at [email protected]. Better yet, share pictures of your adventures on social media and tag me @ourjourneywestward!

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