Homeschool Nature Study Curriculum ebooks and Courses

A list of all of the homeschool nature study curriculum titles included in membership:

Monthly Membership Includes:

• Getting Started with the Outdoor Hour Challenges
• Outdoor Hour Challenge Winter
• Outdoor Hour Challenge Winter Wednesdays
• Outdoor Hour Challenge Spring
• Outdoor Hour Challenge Summer
• Outdoor Hour Challenge Autumn
• Outdoor Hour Challenge Wildflowers
• Outdoor Hour Challenge Garden

Outdoor Hour Challenge Curriculum by Topic

• Getting Started with the Outdoor Hour Challenges
• Nature Crafts course – NEW!
• The Outdoor Mom course – NEW!
• Preschool course – NEW!
• High School course – NEW!
• Nature Journaling course – NEW!
• Outdoor Hour Challenge Birds
• Outdoor Hour Challenge Birds (Learning About)
• Outdoor Hour Challenge Creepy Things
• Outdoor Hour Challenge Crop Plants
• Outdoor Hour Challenge Forest Fun
• Outdoor Hour Challenge Herb Study
• Outdoor Hour Challenge High Desert
• Outdoor Hour Challenge Seashore
• Outdoor Hour Challenge Wildflower Nature Study Set #1
• Outdoor Hour Challenge Wildflower Nature Study Set #2
• Outdoor Hour Challenge Wildflower Nature Study Set #3

Outdoor Hour Challenge Curriculum by Seasons

• Outdoor Hour Challenge Autumn Nature Study
• Outdoor Hour Challenge Spring Nature Study
• Outdoor Hour Challenge Summer Nature Study
• Outdoor Hour Challenge Winter Nature Study
• Outdoor Hour Challenge Autumn Nature Study Continues
• Outdoor Hour Challenge Spring Nature Study Continues
• Outdoor Hour Challenge Spring Splendor More Nature Study
• Outdoor Hour Challenge Summer Nature Study Continues
• Outdoor Hour Challenge Summer Sizzle More Nature Study
• Outdoor Hour Challenge Winter Nature Study Continues
• Outdoor Hour Challenge Winter Wednesday Notebook Pages and Activity Ideas

Outdoor Hour Challenges with Art and Music Appreciation

• Winter Series
• Spring

Homeschool Nature Study Lessons

All Nature Study Planning Resources

• Nature Study Plans for each calendar year
• Nature Walk Ideas
• Planning for Nature Study: Nature Study Goals Printable
• Blank Nature Calendar Page
• Nature Book Project Planner
• Learning About Biomes and Habitats Cut and Paste
• January Homeschool Nature Study
• February Homeschool Nature Study
• Nature Valentines
• March Homeschool Nature Study
• April Homeschool Nature Study
• August Homeschool Nature Study
• August Journal Nature Toppers
• September Homeschool Nature Study
• October Homeschool Nature Study
• November Homeschool Nature Study
• December Homeschool Nature Study
• Stopping By the Woods Poem Printable
• I Spy Nature Printables
• I Spy Animals
• Learning Styles Multiple Intelligences and Grid Study
• Astronomy Study for Different Learning Styles

Autumn/ Fall Nature Study Lessons

• Autumn Outdoor Hour Challenge Curriculum
• More Autumn Outdoor Hour Challenge Curriculum
• Autumn Favorites Outdoor Hour Challenge Curriculum
• Autumn Bundle – Notebook Pages and Study Grids
• Signs of Autumn
• October Outdoor Hour Challenge Nature Study Grid
• Webs: Spider Study
• Spider Printable Journal Pages
• Fall Leaf Study Grid
• Under the Fallen Leaves Autumn Fun
• Fall Color Walk with Printable Color Cards
• Learning About Leaves -with Journal Page
• Autumn Mushroom Coloring Page Printable
• Autumn Weather Record Chart
• Autumn Changes  – Your Own Backyard
• Apple Taste Test
• Apple Nature Study
• Autumn Pear Study – Sorting Fruits and Vegetables
• Pumpkin Nature Study
• Parts of a Pumpkin Page
• Pumpkin Farm Notebooking Page
• What is it? Halloween Pack
• Bat Nature Study
• Autumn Cattails Nature Study Printable
• Winter Berries
• The Hawk
• Autumn Series – Field Notebook
• Cassiopeia’s Chair, Cepheus and the Dragon Constellations
• Pigs
• Bracket Fungi
• Staghorn Sumac
• Hemlock Tree
• Stinkhorns
• Lizards, Anoles and Geckos
• Burdock
• The Teasel
• Salvia
• Ash Tree
• Witch Hazel
• Mica
• Winter Berries
• Turkey
• What is it? Thanksgiving and Turkey Notebook
• November World Printable Notebook Page
• Horse
• Studying Oak Trees and Acorns
• Squirrel
• Maple Tree
• Belted Kingfisher Bird
• Autumn Flowers: Goldenrod, Aster and Chrysanthemum
• Milkweed
• Leaf-Miners and Leaf-Rollers
• Fall Webs
• House Sparrow
• Thistles
• Maple Seeds/Trees
• Fish Study: Trout and Salmon
• Mallard Duck
• Wood Duck

Learning About Birds

• Bird Outdoor Hour Challenge Curriculum: American white pelican, trumpeter swan, Wilson’s snipe, Great Egret, Sandhill crane, Clark’s Nutcracker, American Dipper, Horned Lark, Black-billed Magpie
• Advanced Bird Notebook Page
• All About Birds Outdoor Hour Challenge Curriculum: Bird Seed and Birdfeeder Recommendations, Bird Nature Table, Bird Nests, Red Birds (Robins, Cardinals, House finches), Blue Birds (Jays and Bluebirds), Yellow birds (Goldfinch and Meadowlark),
• Wing and tail shape, beak study, Hummingbirds flight study, Brown birds (House sparrow, House Wren, Mourning Dove), Bird Song, Bird feet, Gray Birds (Pigeons and Mockingbirds) Migration, Identifying a bird using an online resource, starting to use a field guide, feeder observation notebook page
• American Crow Nature Study Notebook
• Bird of the Day Printable
• Feather Coloring Page
• Bird Feet Observations
• Bird Scavenger Hunt
• Bird Life Cycle
• January and February Bird List Notebook Page
• Backyard Birds Study Grid
• Hummingbird Unity Study
• Bird Notebook Pages and Printables
• Owl Coloring Page
• Owl Pellet Dissection
• Brown Birds: Mourning Dove, House Sparrow, House Wren
• Black and White Birds: Nuthatch, Woodpecker, Chickadee and Towhee
• Bluebirds and Blue Jays
• Black Birds: Crow, Red-Winged Blackbird, Starling and Cowbird

Creepy Things

• Creepy Things Outdoor Hour Challenge Curriculum
• Banana slug
• tarantula
• tarantula hawk
• black widow
• scorpion,
• leech
• muskrat
• sphinx moth
• cicada
• millipede
• poison oak

Forest Fun

• Forest Fun Outdoor Hour Challenge Curriculum
• rabbitbrush
• skunk cabbage
• azalea
• common raven
• California quail
• Western Tanager
• black bear
• moose
• porcupine
• Under the Fallen Leaves

Garden

• Garden Outdoor Hour Challenge Curriculum:
• A Few Words About Nature Journals
• Outdoor Hour General Instructions
• Supplies for the Garden Flowers Challenges
• Challenge 1 Start Your Engines..I Mean Seeds
• Challenge 2 Learning the Flower Parts
• Challenge 3 Pressing Flowers
• Challenge 4 How to Draw Flowers
• Challenge 5 Learning Leaf Parts
• Challenge 6 Looking for Pollen
• Challenge 7 Seed Germination
• Challenge 8 Seeds and Weeds
• Challenge 9 Sunflower Seeds
• Challenge 10 Sunflower Study and Art
• Garden Flowers Wrap Up
• Garden Nursery Field Trip Printable
• Flower and Gardening Activities and Notebook Pages
• Learning Leaf Parts
• Looking for Pollen
• Pressing Flowers
• How to Draw Parts of A Flower
• Learning Flower Parts
• Flower Dissection
• Garden Seed Ideas
• Draw What You Will Plant in Post – Garden Pack
• Seasonal Garden Observations Journal Page
• Grid of Garden Flowers Activities and Ideas

Getting Started: Nature Study Close to Home Free eBook

Getting Started Ebook

10 Nature Outdoor Hour Challenges for Your Homeschool

1. Let’s Get Started
2. Using Your Words
3. Now Is The Time To Draw
4. It Is Coming Into Focus
5. Keeping a List
6. Collections
7. Your Own Field Guide
8. Magnifying Lens
9. One Small Square
10. Picnic

• Four Seasons Tree – A Year Long Study
• Three Steps to a Better Nature Study Experience: Age Appropriate for Your Family

Herbs

• Herbs Outdoor Hour Challenge Curriculum
• Herb planner page
• Herb resource and supply list
• Planting herbs to attract insects
• Herbs in a child’s garden
• Herbs from Renee’s Garden
• Cilantro
• Basil
• Bee balm
• Oregano
• Dill
• Thyme
• Sage
• Mint
• Rosemary herb

High Desert

• High Desert Outdoor Hour Challenge Curriculum
• Bitterbrush
• Sagebrush
• Greater sage-grouse
• Succulents
• Mountain lion
• Coyote
• Pocket Gopher
• Bristlecone Pine
• Elk
• Turkey Vulture
• Juniper
• Snowberry
• Golden Mantled Ground Squirrel
• River Otter

Nature Study for High School and Advanced Learners

• Nature Study Credit Tracker and Planner for High School
• Nature Study and High School Science: A Guide
• Charlotte Mason Style Exam Questions for High School
• Owl Pellet Dissection Journal Page

Insects

• Insect and Invertebrate Nature Study Grid
• Butterfly Journal Page
• Insect Scavenger Hunt
• Dragonfly Coloring Page

Mammals

• Mammal Nature Journal Ideas and Printable Card
• Mammal Letter Notebook Page
• Mammal Tails Study
• Mammal Lapbook
• Mammal Home Notebook Page
• Grizzly Bear Notes
• Beaver or Muskrat Study
• Cat Mammal Study
• Wolf, Fox and Dog Mammal Study

Moss, Fungi and Lichen

• Fungi Up Close Grid Outdoor Hour Challenge Curriculum
• Fungi Parts Notebook Page
• Fungi, Moss and Lichen Research Page
• Fungi Photo Hunt
• Lichen Up Close Study

Nature Journaling

• Once a Month Nature Journal Ideas – Overview
• Spring Nature Journal Entry Inspiration Using Shadows
• Watercolor Pencil Tutorial Practice Page
• Nature Journal Flowers Coloring Pack
• Incorporate a Photo
• Sketch Outdoors
• Using Your 5 Senses
• Creating Lists
• Using Colors
• Outline the Shape + Leaf Coloring Page
• Add a Map
• Trace An Object
• Make a Wish
• Nature Book Report Notebook Page
• Nature Center Notebook Page
• Running List Journal Page

Outdoor Mom

• Outdoor Mom Journal Prompts
• The Outdoor Mom in January – A New Year
• The Outdoor Mom Falling in Love With February
• The Outdoor Mom Marvelous March
• The Outdoor Mom Celebrates April
• The Outdoor Mom in May
• The Outdoor Mom in June
• The Outdoor Mom in July
• The Outdoor Mom in August
• The Outdoor Mom in September
• The Outdoor Mom in October
• The Outdoor Mom in November
• The Outdoor Mom in December

Pond

• Pond Nature Study Set
• Frog Notebook Pages for Lapbook
• Frog Lapbook

Preschool

Preschool Outdoor Hour Challenge Curriculum:

• One Animal, Bird, Flower, and Tree of the Month. Relaxed nature study using simple ideas, images and your nature table. Library book suggestions and active learning: Delightful Preschool Nature Study Curriculum

Nature Study Printables for Toddlers and Preschoolers:

• Debunking Preschool Science Myths
• Neighborhood Nature Walks with Young Children
• 10 Tips for Studying Nature with Toddlers and Preschoolers
• Printable I Spy Cards
• Animal Edition
• Spring Edition
• Garden Edition
• Fall Edition
• Winter Edition

Printable Preschool Activities and Nature Booklets:

• Ants
• Butterflies
• Fish
• Worms
• Nature
• Frogs
• Ladybugs
• Parts of a Plant
• Tree Life Cycle
• Seed Sorting
• Don’t Worry Flower Bookmarks
• Worm Observations
• Vertebrates vs Invertebrates
• Preschool Snowflake Journal
• Octopus Color Cards
• Spider Sort
• Itsy Bitsy Spider Puppets/Magnets
• My Spider Journal
• Apple Observations
• Sights of Summer Printable
• Frog Life Cycle Printable
• My Bee Journal
• Bee Number Counting Game
• Bee Color Match Printable
• Herbivores and Carnivores Cut and Paste

Rocks

• Rocks Big Grid Nature Study
• Rocks Set 1
• Rocks Set 2
• Feldspar Study
• Under a Rock
• Rock Photo Hunt
• Salt Lapbook with Labels
• The Layers of the Earth
• Types of Rocks – Rock Sorting
• My Rock Journal

Seashore

• Layers of the Ocean Art Tutorial
• Tidal Pool Life Notebook Page Set
• Tidal Pool Habitat Notebook Page
• Sand Castle Art Lesson
• Ocean Animals Match
• Seashore Coloring Page
• Ocean Food Chain

Spring

• Spring Outdoor Hour Curriculum
• Spring Continues Outdoor Hour Curriculum
• Spring with Art and Music Outdoor Hour Curriculum
• Spring and Easter Special Homeschool Nature Study
• Lent Countdown Calendar
• Easter Lily
• Easter Lily Art Lesson
• Create a Spring Nature Table
• Spring I Spy Nature Hunt
• Crayfish and Crawdads
• Swallowtail Butterflies
• Nasturtium Flower
• Apple Tree
• Quaker Ladies (Bluets)
• Newts
• Yellow Ladies Slipper and Adders Tongue
• Jack-in-the-Pulpit
• Spring Peepers and Frogs
• Signs of Springs
• Spring Walk
• Spring Nature Hunt
• Spring Walk
• Snail
• Blue Flag Iris
• Goats
• Vine Study: Sweet Peas, Hedge Bindweed, and Dodder
• Spring Fern
• Buttercups and Poppies
• Robin
• Buds, Catkins and Blossoms
• Petunia
• Geranium

Spring with Art and Music Appreciation

Spring Outdoor Hour Challenge Schedules

April Nature Assignments

• Spring Tree Observations and Notebook Page
• Spring Weather Observations and Notebook Page
• Spring Bird Study and Notebook Page
• Spring Wildflower Study: Dandelions and Notebook Page
• Spring Cattail Observations and Notebook Page
• April Music Appreciation: Franz Schubert – Piano Concerto in B Flat Major
• April Art Appreciation: Berthe Morisot – Eugene Manet and His Daughter in the Garden at Bougival.

May Nature Assignments

• Apple Tree Study and Notebook Page
• Mammal Study: Cats and Notebook Page
• Reptile Study: Snakes and Notebook Page
• Invertebrate Study: Earthworm and Notebook Page
• May Music Appreciation:  Maurice Ravel – Sunrise from Daphnis and Chloé
• May Art Appreciation: Albert Bierstadt – California Spring

June Nature Assignments

• Insect Study: Ants and Notebook Page
• June Music Appreciation: Johannes Brahms – Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77
• June Art Appreciation:  Georges Seurat – The Seine at La Grande Jatte, Spring

Summer

• Summer Outdoor Hour Challenge Curriculum
• Granite or Other Igneous Rocks
• Moon Gazing Activity
• First Day of Summer Notebook Page
• Summer Photo Challenge and Scavenger Hunt
• Summer Senses
• The World of Sound
• 5 Senses Walk at Sunset
• Fireflies Nature Study
• Amphibians and Reptiles Fiel Trip
• The Cattail in Summer
• Frog Nature Study
• Owl Nature Study
• Bees Nature Study
• Summer Tree Observations
• Mosquitoes Nature Study
• Last Days of Summer Outdoor Hour Challenge
• Mountain Laurel Nature Study
• Monarch Butterfly Nature Study
• Fireflies and Moths
• Summer Weather
• Turtle and Pond Weed
• Mouse
• Yellow Jacket and Mud Dauber
• Soil and Sand
• Cottonwood Tree
• Willow Tree
• Sunflower
• Great Sunflower Project
• Sunflower Grid
• Raccoons and Skunks
• Garden Flowers: Daisies, Black-eyed Susans and Asters
• Bats
• Evening Primrose
• Crickets, Grasshoppers and Katydids
• Queen Anne’s Lace

Trees

• Year Round Tree Study
• Seasonal Tree Study Notebook Page
• Trees on My Street
• Walk in the Forest
• Pine Cone Investigation
• Deciduous Trees in My Yard
• Evergreens in My Yard
• Pines and Cones Nature Study
• Ponderosa Pines – Pine Tree Observation Sheet
• My Tree is a Living World printable
• Leaves Coloring Page
• Willow Tree Notebook Page Printable
• Tree Study: Elm, Hickory and Chestnut

Weather

• Weather Lapbook Printable Pages and Instructions
• Winter Weather Notebook Page
• March Quick Observations
• Weather Observations Record Chart
• The Water Cycle
• Weather Vocabulary Words

Wildflowers

• Wildflower Outdoor Hour Challenge Curriculum:
• Wildflower study planning page
• Field Mustard and Wild Radish
• Shooting Star
• Lupine
• Purple Chinese Houses
• Yarrow
• Notebooking pages, advanced studies and Things to Draw
• Wildflowers Continue Outdoor Hour Challenge Curriculum:
• Wildflower Photo Hunt Activity
• Wildflower Big Grid Nature Study Activity
• Henbit
• Cow Parsnip
• Columbine
• Chicory
• Cocklebur

Winter

• Winter Outdoor Hour Challenge Curriculum
• Winter Continues Outdoor Hour Challenge Curriculum
• First Day of Winter Walk and Observations
• Winter Scavenger Hunt Printable
• Hibernation or Migration Printable
• Red and Green Outdoor Hour Challenge
• December World Journal Page
• The Trinity Snowman Poem and Christmas Card
• December Words and Poem Journal Page
• Groundhog Notebook Page
• Winter Weather Observations Journal Page
• Extraordinary in the Ordinary Journal Page
• Crystals Nature Study
• Cattle and Deer Nature Study
• What is it? Reindeer Notebook Page
• What is it? Polar Bear Page
• Dutchman’s Breeches and Squirrel Corn
• Orion Star Study
• Feldspar Rock Study
• Magnets and the Compass
• Twigs
• The Moon and Moon Names
• Sheep and Wool
• Chickadee or Other Winter Feeder Bird
• Bird in Snow Video Art Lesson
• Rabbits and Hares Mammal Nature Study
• Violet Nature Study
• Quartz or Start a Rock Collection
• Pansy or Other Early Spring Flower
• Scarlet Saucer
• Northern Flicker
• Bloodroot
• Hepatica
• Bleeding Hearts

Winter Wednesdays

• Winter Wednesdays Outdoor Hour Curriculum
• The World of Winter Colors
• Trees: Cones
• Winter Mammals and Animal Tracks
• Winter Tree Silhouettes
• Snow Study
• Winter Insect Study
• Winter Bird Study
• Winter Sky Constellations
• Winter Weeds Study

Winter Nature Study with Art and Music Appreciation

Resource List

January Nature Assignments

• January Goals and Calendar
• Cattail Study and Notebook Page
• Winter Tree Study and Notebook Page
• Winter Sky and Notebook Pages
• Winter Weather Study and Notebook Page
• January Music Appreciation: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons-Winter
• January Art Appreciation: Caspar David Friedrich, Trees and Bushes in the Snow

February Nature Assignments

• February Goals and Calendar
• Pine Tree Study and Notebook Page
• Salt Study and Notebook Page
• Winter Bird Study and Notebook Page
• Small Square Study and Notebook Page
• February Music Appreciation: Waldteufel, Skater’s Waltz
• February Art Appreciation: Gilbert Stuart, The Skater

March Nature Assignments

• March Goals and Calendar
• Winter Mammal Study and Notebook Page
• Early Spring Flower Study and Notebook Page
• March Music Appreciation: Dvorak, Slavonic Dance in E Minor, Op. 72. No. 2
• March Art Appreciation: Monet, Tulip Fields with Rijnsburg Windmill
• Blank Winter Notebook Page