autumn

  • Animal Signs Walk

    Late Autumn and Winter (before everything is covered by snow) is one of our favorite times to search the woods for signs of animals. It’s funny I’m posting this today as we’re covered by about 5 inches of snow, but here’s a peek into our walk a week or two ago. There are wonderful nature…

  • Fun Fall Afternoons

    Autumn afternoons are full of free time fun (and learning) for my children.  Below are just a few pictures from recent days. Mahayla spends countless hours caring for her horses and pony.  She’s recently learned how to braid horse hair in various styles. Another of Mahayla’s afternoon activities is photography.  Eli happens to be her…

  • Nature Study – Leaves

    (This post contains affiliate links and links to my business website, Shining Dawn Books.) It was COLD in Central KY yesterday The nature walk part of our nature study was rather short – just a quick trip down to the creek bed to collect a variety of leaves.  But once we got home – the…

  • Autumn Living Math

    Remember Mathwire?  Boy, do they have some goodies for the fall season!  Below are some of the activities we’ve done so far. Scarecrow Measurement Man Candy Corn Triangular Number Pattern Insect and Spider Problem Solving And these are on our to-do list…. ~Area and Perimeter of Leaves ~Coordinate Graph Jack-o-lantern Go have some fun with…

  • Take a Walk in Your Socks??

    That’s what we did yesterday!  All in the name of nature study, of course.  With some of Dad’s older socks (one white pair and one dark pair) the kids were instructed to run through as many fields, patches of weeds, fence rows – whatever they could find – and then come back home in ten…