More Outdoor Secrets Scheduling Ideas

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  • August 5, 2011 at 8:02 pm
    Ladyofthehouse
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    I know there is already a modified schedule for Wisconsin on the links and tips page but I thought I’d also share the breakdown of the seasons/topics that I did. (I live in the South)

    FALL

    September-

    Seeds Dispersment & Poems that mention September

    Lessons 12-14

    September/October-

    Apples

    Lessons 1-5

    October/November-

    Leaves & Water Cycle

    Lessons 40-42

    WINTER

    None of the lesson were winter specific so any can be used

    SPRING

    March-

    Seeds and Pussy Willows

    Lessons 37-39

    General Spring-

    Robins & Nests

    Lessons 21-24

    Seeds/Planting/Pollination

    Lessons 25-28

    Planting/Seeds/Gardens

    Lessons 34-36

    Worms

    Lessons 9-11

    SPRING/SUMMER

    Trees

    Lessons 15-20

    Dragonflies

    Lessons 31-33

    Non-Season Spacific Topics:

    Cactus

    Lessons 6-8

    Woodpeckers

    Lessons 29-30

    Wasps

    Lessons 43-44

    Chipmunks

    Lessons 45-47

    Lifecycle of Tree

    Lessons 48-50

    August 5, 2011 at 8:07 pm
    joannarammell
    Participant

    thank you!

    August 7, 2011 at 10:37 am
    Wings2fly
    Participant

    Yes, Thanks!

    August 10, 2011 at 8:32 pm
    Ladyofthehouse
    Member

    Just wanted to add that The Troubled Apple-Tree (Lifecycle of a tree, lessons 48-50) does talk about mistletoe so if you school during December it could be incorporated at Christmas time.

    August 16, 2011 at 6:40 pm
    ebcsmom
    Participant

    Thank you so much for this! I also live in the South and really needed this! You have been a great help!

    JoySmile

    February 28, 2013 at 5:16 pm
    PackFam4
    Participant

    Thanks for breaking it down for me! We just ordered this and you’ve given a great idea of where we should start!

    March 1, 2013 at 12:51 pm
    Titus2mama
    Member

    Do they have each state broken down that way?

    March 1, 2013 at 1:11 pm
    missceegee
    Participant

    I just want to encourage you that it isn’t necessary to change the order of the book(s). While it is fine to line up the chapters according to season, it is also fine to simply read through the book allowing your children to make their own connections as they come up.

    Don’t underestimate the child’s ability to make those connections by making sure everything lines up just so. We used this study as written last year with ds who was in 2nd grade. We live in Florida, but I didn’t modify the schedule, we simply went in order. Since that time, we’ve encountered many things that we learned about in Outdoor Secrets & had mental hooks on which to hang our new discoveries. 

    A Book of Centuries helps put history together, a nature journal can help with science and nature as it’s encountered. However, simply having mental hooks is also of great value.

    Blessings,

    Christie

    March 1, 2013 at 1:41 pm
    psreitmom
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    We are in PA. I want to get my daughter outdoors very soon. So, I am planning to begin 106 Days of Creation this spring snd do a corresponding nature study. That way we can start at the beginning and work our way through while the weather is nice to be outdoors. We should finish by fall and then in the winter we will do the section on man. When that is complete, we will take a break from structured science for the remainder of the school year since we will have worked through the summer.

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