A beautiful, full-color, perfect-bound book inspired by Charlotte Mason's nature journaling. It is used in forest schools and Charlotte Mason-style co-ops and families at home looking for inspiration.
Each lesson in this book begins with a short, fun poem and a selection of art by a famous artist. There is also a short science trivia tip that might make your student want to learn more! A related drawing lesson follows. Students create their own nature journal. 24 lessons. Supplies needed: blank art journal, pencil, blending tool, watercolors, and markers. This book is used in the live, online class called, "Nature Journaling." (It is not required for the class, but it is very helpful. You can extend the lesson by using the poem for memorization and copywork.
Students in Classical Conversations' Foundations program enjoy using this book at home and bringing their art journal to class each week and using their art journal for their presentation. They read or recite the poem and show the class their drawing.
Reviews
We purchased this book to use along with the drawing lessons. The poems included many we knew and loved already, and many others that were new to us. The pictures are strikingly beautiful and the instructions are good, although we still opted to do the class as it was more than I felt I could teach without being walked through it. After seeing the video, I could see easily being able to use the instructions to teach it to my kids.
Thank you for this wonderful resource! My kids and I are loving it!