How to Encourage Interest in Nature Study

Simply Charlotte Mason Homeschooling

Sonya Shafer

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

4.8 • 552 Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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What's the best way to encourage your child's interest in nature study? Sonya and Karen share some ideas to help you. // MENTIONED How to Nature Journal When You're Not Artistic https://simplycharlottemason.com/blog/nature-journal-not-artistic/ How to Grow in Nature Journaling https://simplycharlottemason.com/blog/how-to-grow-in-nature-journaling/ 4 Steps to Great Nature Study https://simplycharlottemason.com/blog/4-steps-to-great-nature-study/ Dealing with Nature Study Obstacles https://simplycharlottemason.com/blog/nature-study-obstacles/ Help Your Child Learn to Observe More Closely https://simplycharlottemason.com/blog/help-your-child-learn-to-observe-more-closely/ 10 Do's and Don'ts for Nature Study https://simplycharlottemason.com/blog/dos-and-donts-of-nature-study/ Making New Acquaintances https://simplycharlottemason.com/blog/making-new-acquaintances/ // 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/how-to-encourage-interest-in-nature-study/#audio Read the blog post version of the podcast https://simplycharlottemason.com/blog/how-to-encourage-interest-in-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	Today we're starting on a new series, Nature Study Q&A.
0:04.5	We have received a lot of questions about nature study.
0:08.0	And so we're going to be bringing in my go-to person for Nature Study, Karen Smith,
0:13.0	and asking her these questions that have been submitted,
0:16.0	getting great ideas, and hearing about her experiences in nature,
0:20.0	all through this series.
0:21.6	So let's get ready to dive into the first question.
0:28.6	Welcome to the Simply Charlotte Mason podcast. I'm Sonia Schaefer.
0:34.6	Today we are starting our first question of our Nature Study Q&A series.
0:40.4	And joining me is Karen Smith. Karen, you know you're my go-to nature study person. So we've got
0:47.5	a lot of great questions in this series. Let's start with the first one. I'm going to just give you a couple of them here.
0:57.0	They're short ones, so don't panic. It's all right.
0:59.0	And then we'll have a related one later.
1:01.0	All right. Here we go. First one.
1:03.0	I would love my kids to get engaged in nature, but it seems not attractive to them.
1:10.0	And someone else wrote, how can I keep my boys interested in nature? but it seems not attractive to them.
1:17.7	And someone else wrote, how can I keep my boys interested in nature study when they hit the teen years?
1:19.5	You know all about that.
1:21.4	You've got three boys.
1:27.4	So let's talk about how to get our kids interested in nature study.
1:29.5	What are some tips you can give us?
1:38.0	It can be a hard thing to get someone interested in something that they don't seem to have an interest in.
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