We are in the middle of a great series on Nature Study. Today we are going to talk about the Nature Notebook.

What should you put in it? When should you put in your entries? All of those great practical questions we're going to ask Karen Smith for her answers on.

I'm glad you've joined us. Welcome to the Simply Charlotte Mason podcast.

I'm Sonia Schaefer.

Joining me today is Karen Smith, our Nature Study go-to person.

Thanks for all your help in this Nature Study series.

We've received a lot of questions about the Nature Notebook or the Nature

Journal. Let me just give you a sampling, all right? Buckle your seat belts. There's a boatload

of these. For our Nature Notebooks, do the children take them with them as we're on a walk

and then stop and jot or sketch? Or do they

observe first and then work in the notebooks when we return? Also for daily nature study,

is it best to let the child zero in and study and sketch whatever they come across outside? Or is

the nature journal entry supposed to be what was studied

for nature study? Here's another one. When we get out there, they're so eager to play and explore

that they don't want to do any sketching. But if we wait and sketch at home, they can't see what

they're supposed to be sketching.

They can't look at it.

And here's one more.

How can we do nature study if the child is both artistic and loves nature, but refuses to use

the nature journal, which that child happened to pick out, you know?

So a whole gamut of questions about this.

It seems like these questions fall into basically two categories, you know.

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