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in Elementary· Nature Study· Preschool

Review – Nature School

** Don’t miss the exciting giveaway opportunity at the end of this post! **

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In April 2013, I wrote a review here on The Curriculum Choice on a delightful little book called Nature Adventures. The authors of the book were kind enough to give me a copy to giveaway in my review. Well, a little while after that they sent me another of their sweet books called Nature School published by Frances Lincoln Children’s Books. This is one of their earlier books and is as beautifully illustrated as all their other books. The good news is that I am offering this copy to one of The Curriculum Choice’s readers.

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So, let me tell you a little about this book. I would say that this book is ideally suited to children ages 4 – 12 years old. It is packed with the most gorgeous illustrations and loads of ideas and projects for the children to do.

Each chapter covers a different nature topic, each has some nature tips and a related project to complete.

Topics Include:

* A Nature Notebook  * Field Skills  * Nature Detective  * Tracks and Droppings  * Wildlife Feeding Stations  * Animal Homes             * Mini-beasts  *Fungi  * Worm Farm  * Changing Bodies  * Nuts, Beans, Cones and Seeds  * How Seeds Spread  * Trees  * Night time and Moths  * Bats and Owls * Litter and Pollution  * Make a Pond  * Water World  * Nature Displays  * Nature Walk  * Nature Party

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This is the perfect book to kick-off your spring nature learning in a fun and interactive way. Lots of time spent outdoors together. Perhaps you could pack a picnic, your nature journals and supplies and spend many happy spring and summer afternoons exploring and learning about your natural surrounds.

This book is available from Amazon. UK and USA links.

If you would like to see more books by Mick Manning and Brita Granstrom pop over to their Facebook page.

**GIVEAWAY**

Now for a Chance to get your hands on a copy of ‘Nature School’. The authors have very kindly given me a copy of ‘Nature School’ to give away to one lucky person – right here on Curriculum Choice! ‘Nature School’ retails at £6.70 in the UK and at $8.96 in the U.S. For a chance to win just follow the instructions in the Rafflecopter below:

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Filed Under: Elementary, Nature Study, Preschool Tagged With: nature, written by Shirley

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  1. Lisa says

    April 7, 2014 at 7:17 am

    This looks like the perfect book to get us started in our nature journals!

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  2. Jenna DeMaria says

    April 7, 2014 at 8:10 am

    We have used Spell Outlouds Nature study and some scavenger hunts found online. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  3. Cristy S says

    April 7, 2014 at 8:16 am

    With woods in our backyard, and deer who like to live there, we’re big fans of nature walks, and trying to discover who has visited since our last walk.

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  4. Melissa Herrin says

    April 7, 2014 at 9:07 am

    It looks like a great book! Thanks for the giveaway opportunity!

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  5. Barbara Sheffer says

    April 7, 2014 at 9:16 am

    We love to explore the flowers.

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  6. Mariah says

    April 7, 2014 at 9:20 am

    We are just getting started with nature studies here. We cut off a small branch from the cherry tree in our back yard and put it in water to force the buds to open early! The branch inside has big green leaves shooting out of it, while the one outside is still covered in snow!

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  7. Megan says

    April 7, 2014 at 9:29 am

    My 6 year old girl would love this book! Thanks for binging it to my attention!

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  8. BunnyMomRocks says

    April 7, 2014 at 10:24 am

    I love the illustrations – perfect for elementary children! always nice to see inside a book when you can’t pick it up yourself. Thanks for taking the time to post about this resource!

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    • BunnyMomRocks says

      April 7, 2014 at 10:27 am

      Our favorite nature studies are the birds in our backyard (several feeders) and nature hikes through local parks (studying tracks, scat and insects mostly).

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  9. Tracy says

    April 7, 2014 at 10:25 am

    Our favorite spring nature study is gardening and nature walks.

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  10. Jenny says

    April 7, 2014 at 10:56 am

    This book looks great! Our family enjoys all things related to birds.

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  11. Wendi S says

    April 7, 2014 at 10:57 am

    We love studying birds in the springtime.

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  12. Robin Baez says

    April 7, 2014 at 10:58 am

    My boys love all the bugs & animals that come out in the spring.. They love to be outdoors.

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  13. Amy Boone says

    April 7, 2014 at 11:43 am

    We love to study flowers!

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  14. Caroline B. says

    April 7, 2014 at 11:46 am

    This book looks perfect for what we want to do in science next school year!

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  15. Nancy S. says

    April 7, 2014 at 12:01 pm

    Going on walks. We are beginning gardeners as well.

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  16. Alicia Charmbury says

    April 7, 2014 at 12:57 pm

    Looking for Spring flowers and exploring the creeks.

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  17. Phoebe T. says

    April 7, 2014 at 2:03 pm

    We haven’t done any official nature studies since my girl just turned four. But I wouod love to win the book to start!!

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  18. Tammy Jones says

    April 7, 2014 at 4:19 pm

    My kids love the birds, frogs and flowers!

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  19. Tamara A. says

    April 7, 2014 at 5:00 pm

    My children enjoy hands-0n nature studies. For example, when studying fish fins we would place our fish bowl on the table and try to find the different ones. When studying Birds, we put a My Spy Birdhouse on our window to watch them make a nest. This book would be an excellent addition =)

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  20. Nancy Bram says

    April 7, 2014 at 5:13 pm

    We live in Arizona so spring nature studies for us are all about cactus blooms, birds, and all the creepy-crawlies (spiders and scorpions) that start coming out. 😀

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  21. Trisha says

    April 7, 2014 at 7:25 pm

    My boys would love this book to explore nature with!

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  22. Cindy Freeman says

    April 7, 2014 at 9:27 pm

    We like walking along the beach.

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  23. Christy says

    April 7, 2014 at 9:40 pm

    We love observing and drawing nature. This book looks like wonderful fun!

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  24. Colleen P says

    April 7, 2014 at 10:12 pm

    My kids love to observe birds and baby animals in spring along with their seedlings and new plants.

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  25. Jessica Evans says

    April 8, 2014 at 2:16 am

    This look perfect for little exploring minds!!! We really love studying butterflies 🙂 we have revisited it a time or two 😉

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  26. Eden says

    April 8, 2014 at 11:52 am

    We are starting our study on worms and composting!

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  27. Janet says

    April 8, 2014 at 2:34 pm

    Looks great. We are enjoying watching all the birds come visiting the garden and the profusion of spring flowers

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  28. Alicia @ La Famille says

    April 8, 2014 at 8:44 pm

    This looks like a great book! I would love a copy! We are loving Nature study right now…especially bird watching!

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  29. Julia says

    April 8, 2014 at 9:47 pm

    We are all into plants right now. Botany is the featured science topic of April. But we’d sure love to use this book for further exploration!

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  30. Melissa says

    April 8, 2014 at 11:20 pm

    We love watching plants bud and bloom!

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  31. Kristine says

    April 8, 2014 at 11:25 pm

    This is our first spring where we’re intentional about doing nature study. Nature walks are our starting point. I’d love to win this book.

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  32. September says

    April 9, 2014 at 12:04 pm

    Tomorrow will be our first day ever of doing nature study as a family. The kids are excited to begin drawing in their nature journals.

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  33. Kathleen Parker says

    April 10, 2014 at 2:45 pm

    We enjoy nature study at our pond.

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