Term 1 - Insects in the Backyard and House
It isn't always easy to get out to do nature study with younger children, so encourage your child to notice and appreciate what nature they can see around them (yes, even those daddy-long-legs spiders at home!). You are trying to foster their observation skills and start to teach them about many different aspects of nature, but start simply to make it do-able.
Direct
your Kindergartener to observe what he sees in your own home and backyard first
of all. The focus of nature study is to
carefully look and notice details in what is around them. For a Kindergartener this is best done
through what they can see themselves in familiar spaces. Starting at this simple level also assists mums who may need to brush up on their natural science content.
Nature Study is a key aspect of science in the Charlotte Mason method because, as Charlotte wrote:
out-of-door nature study lays the foundation for science.