Today is the final episode of our Nature Study Q&A series.

Karen Smith has been so good about sharing her experiences and great ideas with us,

and I'm sure she'll have some more good ideas for us today.

Let's dive into the question.

Welcome to the Simply Charlotte Mason podcast.

I'm Sonia Schaefer.

Today, Karen Smith is joining me here in the studio.

Karen, this is our last episode on the Nature Study Q&A.

And it's a really good question that basically centers around,

am I doing enough? So let me read

it to you, so you get all the details. I've always wanted to do nature study, but every time

I try to formally add it to our schedule, it flops. There are times where it happens naturally,

such as when we collect monarch eggs in the spring.

These are times we enjoy, and they don't feel forced at all.

We've learned so much about monarchs by observing them year after year.

We also notice when certain trees around our home bloom, when specific insects emerge for the year, etc.

But I really want to start recording what we learn.

Is this enough?

Or should I make a greater effort to have my children, and maybe myself, record our observations?

How should I do this without making it feel like a chore for them? So, is this mama doing enough? She's doing plenty. Talk about that.

What do you mean? Well, her children are informally and naturally connecting with nature.

And that is one of the hardest things to achieve in our children for nature study is that love

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