Schola et Studium: like a dandelion clock.....

Nature Study

Nature observation is enhanced by sketching what is seen: "To look at it is something, but its spirit will not come at once; you must look long enough, with a child's forgetfulness of time. Gazing for long, though, becomes tedious; you begin to think of the dinner-hour. But to draw it is to caress it; all the difference between staring at a kitten and stroking it; between watching a game and playing it. That is why it is worth learning to draw."

[from this Parents' Review article]

Nature Study Schedule

If you follows the whole 6 year rotation, every subject in the book will be covered; the plant/animal section being covered twice.

If you'd like to add poetry to your nature notebook, this site has lots of nature poems.

Year 1

Summer/Fall Term - mammals
Winter Term - birds (bird poems; bird songs; hummingbird birth)
Spring Term - wildflowers (Northeastern wildflower guide)

Art Study: Caspar David Friedrich

from the Ambleside Art Study Resources

2008-2009 TERM 2 Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840) German Romantic (Biography)
1. The Cross in the Mountains 1808, Gemäldegalerie in Dresden, Germany
2. The Wanderer above the Mists, 1817-18, Kunsthalle in Hamburg, Germany
3. Chalk Cliffs on Rugen, 1818-19, Stiftung Oskar Reinhart in Winterthur, Switzerland
4. On Board a Sailing Ship, Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia
5. Moon Rising over the Sea, 1821, Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia
6. Woman at a Window, 1822, National Gallery in Berlin, Germany

Thursday, August 09, 2007

like a dandelion clock.....

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