GETTING STARTED WITH NATURE JOURNALS// CHARLOTTE MASON HOMESCHOOL

[@maryhoffman9551]

It helps a lot to see the variety of entries in your journals, and I love the idea of the perpetual journal pages at the back.

[@imaginewonder6570]

I have to encourage neatness too mama. ❤️ No just you. 🤣 Beautiful examples you shared. Love this video.

[@christi3411]

This will be our first year homeschooling and this is the best video I've seen on nature journaling! I love how you have broken things down and how you set it up for your children. Cannot wait to start now! The idea of taking a picture and then actually journaling at home is brilliant. We are in Florida and with mosquitoes in the morning and heat in the afternoon it is often difficult to be outside for very long so this is genius!

[@joycherrick]

Glad it was helpful!

[@alison64able]

So real, thank you

[@lemontreeacademy2777]

Watching your video, I realize I'm making it too hard! I'm excited to try journaling this summer... Thanks for all the inspiration.

[@joycherrick]

Yes! That's such a common struggle!!! Simple! We've got this!

[@Bijou_248]

wow, wish I had this info as a young mom. Parenting & home schooling is so very demanding. I wasn't successful in it. Had no family support. Excellent video, great ideas and tips. New Subscriber to your channel. Thank you. 💓🌸🙏🌌

[@Hopelb]

I ordered your insects nature hacking guide and I'm excited to get started with my kids! Thank you Joy!

[@GlitterPoolParty]

To get young children to start lookinf at shapes, you might point out a turtle and ask them if it looks like a circle, a square, a triangle, or a rectangle. Then back home, start with the shape they assigned and help them draw or collage the turtle with that shape. November looks like a really good drawing of a cypress tree in a pond with water lilies.

[@IloveLunches]

Hello my friend I’m excited to watch and learn

[@keeperofmyhome]

New subscriber here! Nature journals are so beautiful! Can’t wait to implement this with my Littles! 👏🏽

[@joycherrick]

Yay! Thank you!

[@tuathadesidhe1530]

I only have my youngest left home educating, we base everything around nature, art, science and math - we do art in every subject. We have a rough copy book, good copy book - then favorites go on canvas on the easle on the nature table until the next piece of canvas work replaces it on the easle and it goes onto the wall. In his rough copy book he does whatever his painting completely freehand (we prefer watercolour pencils then going over it with watercolour paints). Then I will get my nature journal out and we will do a lesson on technique and he will copy. He then does his good copy in the better quality watercolour paper. And then he does his final copy on canvas. He is doing some amazing artwork doing it this way

[@sarahollar6493]

Your 5 year old's nature journals are amazing! I have a 7 yo and 5 yo who are doing nature journals and their drawing skills are just not...that... great lol. Mine too! I'm curious if you do drawing lessons separately? I'll have to look into that How to draw book you mentioned! Thank you for your videos! I look forward to them! :)

[@joycherrick]

Sara, YES!!! Drawing lessons are separate from Nature Journals! My five year old spends HOURS a day tracing, so that's his own personal "drawing lesson". But last year, my mom (who loves art), took two kids at a time to her house (alternating every other week) and would teach them drawing lessons from a lovely book called Drawing Textbook. It's a very simple introduction to drawing.

[@schugfamily4972]

My daughter spotted the owl book you have in the crate behind you and I was wondering if you would share the title with me? She LOVES owls would be an understatement :) thank you for this video! I am going to begin Nature Journaling with my soon to be 6 children :) :) looking forward to the memories we will make!! My eldest just turned 11 so I will be watching your video on journaling with littles for sure!!!

[@joycherrick]

I believe you are seeing the Reader’s Digest book titled “The Book of North American Birds” that has an owl on the cover- I love that series for nature books to keep handy- they are great for copying animal and plants into nature journals!

[@valleyhavenfamilyschool8951]

Loving all your videos! Do you have a video or curriculum that goes over the phrenology circles in detail? They are new to me 😊❤️

[@nikkis.888]

My kids and I like your nature notebooks! Would you share where you got them from? Edit: Never mind! I see the link in the show notes now. Thank you for giving us a peek into your nature notebooks and for sharing how to just get started doing nature study. For a mom of 4 who is not very confident in science and has trouble making the time to get outside more with a nursing baby and 3 older kids (preK through 6th grade), your insight is so helpful and inspiring. 💜

[@joycherrick]

That's so great to hear! It is hard with little ones, but it's also such a joy!!! Keep at it!

[@nataliecrowe2122]

Thanks for some inspiration!

[@joycherrick]

My pleasure!!

[@GGlovescj]

You should try watercolor pencils ! You can have the older ones activate with water at a later time

[@Honeyoc]

Thanks so much for your videos! Do you follow a particular nature study curriculum? How do you decide on what part of nature to focus on/study? Thanks again!

[@joycherrick]

I’ve written my own series based on the topics from Handbook of Nature Study. We also take daily walks which means we just observe the nature we find in our neighborhood:) we’ve followed the AmblesideOnline nature study rotation in the past but have followed our own curiosity this year. Hope that helps! Naturestudyhacking.com is where you may find my nature guides

[@Honeyoc]

@@joycherrick Thank you so much!

[@Katy_living_simply]

Totally off topic... but where did you get your beautiful bookshelves?

[@joycherrick]

World Market - 8 years ago

[@redeemedmama6768]

Just found your channel and love everything about it! I’d love to hear if you follow AO strictly or make it your own.

[@joycherrick]

I definitely make it my own. I use it more as a "menu" rather than a "prescription"!

[@kazmynjohannes5163]

So you keep nature lesson stuff in your journal too? Not just observations.

[@joycherrick]

Yes!

[@divinape9812]

The journal that you are using is A4 size? I guess you can't use marker on those?

[@joycherrick]

I use an ink pen and it doesn’t bleed through. And yes, I love the A4 size- though standard sizes work very well!

[@gonzalez92100]

when do i start having my child do a nature journal?

[@gbcflower]

When we started nature journals in our home, I gave my just-turned-4-year-old her own journal so that she could participate. She loved it. Although her work isn't the neatest, she has learned alongside her siblings.

[@joycherrick]

I don't start until a child is 6 years old or in first grade. I think starting too young can cause frustration - but I know children with older siblings do enjoy being apart of the activity!

[@nicolleb.4831]

What kind of pen do YOU use in your nature journal?

[@joycherrick]

I use a micron pen: amzn.to/2SZA5ya

[@MangleCosplays]

i am the children