We often talk about what to do to get your child excited about nature study.

But today we want to talk about what do you do if your child is overly excited in nature,

so much so that they are scaring away the animals and disturbing other people who are in the

area as well.

How can you help them grow in self-control, but not squelch their love of

nature? Let's ask Karen.

Welcome to the Simply Charlotte Mason podcast. I'm Sonia Schaefer. Today joining me is Karen Smith.

Karen, we are still talking nature study and today is a very interesting question from Sweet Mama.

I want to read the whole question so you can get the picture of the child as she describes him and see what kind of help you can give

her. Are you ready? I'm ready. Okay. I would love to hear some perspective on how to honor the

rules of a public space and consider other visitors while not totally stifling a student's enthusiasm and curiosity. My youngest

especially struggles. He knows to stay on the trail and not pick flowers, etc., but he requires

frequent reminders, and his energy and enthusiasm is often very loud, which is disruptive and inhibits others

that are visiting the preserve looking for birds or other wildlife.

He understands that there are times and places for being noisy and being quiet,

but he is still learning self-control. And the result is that

walks through nature preserves, something we do frequently as a family, are torture for him,

because he's constantly being corrected. And I see it starting to affect his perception of being out in the woods.

Even helpful ideas on ways to adjust my language, so it doesn't feel like an endless stream of,

no, stop, hush. All right, you get the feel of what this mom is dealing with.

Yes.

All right. How would you advise her? What would you counsel?

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