20 Ideas for Indoor Nature Study

Simply Charlotte Mason Homeschooling

Sonya Shafer

Education, Parenting, Self-improvement, Kids & Family, How To

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🗓️ 26 April 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Can't get outside because of the weather? Not much nature around you? Karen Smith joins Sonya to share more than 20 ways you can bring the nature indoors. // MENTIONED Nature Study Q&A series https://simplycharlottemason.com/blog/series/nature-study-questions/ Nature Study in the City https://simplycharlottemason.com/blog/nature-study-in-the-city/ Nature Study Ideas for Winter https://simplycharlottemason.com/blog/nature-study-ideas-winter/ Homeschool science kit providers https://www.homesciencetools.com https://www.workshopplus.com // FOLLOW Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simplycharlottemason/ Facebook News: https://www.facebook.com/SimplyCM SCM Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1445273695729787/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/simplycm/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimplyCM SCM Forum: https://simplycharlottemason.com/scmforum/ Subscribe Listen to the audio version of the podcast https://simplycharlottemason.com/blog/20-ideas-for-indoor-nature-study/#audio Read the blog post version of the podcast https://simplycharlottemason.com/blog/20-ideas-for-indoor-nature-study/ Upcoming Events https://simplycharlottemason.com/events-speaking/ Contact Us https://simplycharlottemason.com/contact/ Tags: #CharlotteMason #homeschool #naturestudy

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0:00.0	It's difficult to do nature study when the weather doesn't cooperate, or when your surroundings
0:05.6	aren't very nature friendly.
0:08.8	In this episode, we want to explore some ideas for doing nature study in less than ideal
0:14.7	circumstances.
0:16.8	If you've missed any of the previous episodes, be sure to check the show notes for links
0:20.6	to those. But for today, let's to check the show notes for links to those.
0:21.5	But for today, let's jump in and ask Karen for some ideas.
0:28.7	Welcome to the Simply Charlotte Mason podcast. I'm Sonia Schaefer.
0:37.2	Welcome Karen Smith to the podcast again.
0:41.2	We are continuing our nature study series. And before I tell you the topic for today, I want to ask,
0:48.2	how long have you been doing nature study? Or is that too personal of a question?
0:53.2	Oh, my life. Okay, good, good answer. All right. How much of
0:58.2	that time have you lived in a town and where there's cold, wintery conditions in the winter?
1:06.5	The winters get cold and snowy and icy. How long of that time? Pretty much all my life.
1:12.6	Okay, well there you go.
1:14.6	Then I think you're going to be very qualified for our topic today.
1:18.6	Here it is. These are the questions and
1:21.6	they're basically about less than ideal circumstances. So one is asking for ideas for winter. We have a few
1:33.0	weeks where it stays below zero and months of being too cold to go outside with
1:38.1	notebooks. We're starting the SCM Nature Journal this year, and that's journaling a year in nature, which you wrote,
1:46.5	and it has a whole season of ideas for winter nature study in here. So that's good. We're starting
1:56.6	that nature journal this year, and I'm sure that will help, she says. The other question is,
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