We love fall in our family! The leaves are turning colors and my house smells of apples and cloves as I bake and diffuse.
One of our favorite activities each season is nature study, and we love observing the seasons change in our favorite places. We take time on every homeschool field trip outing to pause at a scenic spot to sketch or play.
Sometimes getting young children to observe nature requires giving them a craft that involves natural materials. This allows them to slow down enough to observe the leaves, bark or feathers that they are supposed to be studying.
One of the resources that we are using this year is The Peaceful Press Nature Book Flood. It includes activities, book suggestions, an overview of the topic, and even poem and art suggestions to accompany the week's nature study theme.
We also enjoy collecting leaves on our outings and identifying the trees they came from. The Peaceful Press Tree Guide is helpful for observing trees and enjoying the fall season.
We have also used the book, Look What I Did With a Leaf for our annual leaf creatures, and one of the girls in our local nature group, made this fabulous horse, using ideas from the book.
Another family fall tradition that we have is a visit to a place called Apple Hill.
We don't live as close as we used to, but purchasing fresh apples and fresh apple donuts is worth the drive. You may have apple orchards or pumpkin patches near you where you can celebrate the changing season.
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