tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403457229306774319.post1168759653924832351..comments2023-08-19T11:36:11.970-04:00Comments on MacBeth's Opinion: Why Nature Study?MacBeth Derhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10412194989845229808noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403457229306774319.post-6345294733478180722010-03-18T17:19:15.104-04:002010-03-18T17:19:15.104-04:00I love, love, love, love, love this, MacBeth! Whe...I love, love, love, love, love this, MacBeth! When my daughter (now 10) was a toddler and I was first looking into homeschooling, I came across this series at your old site and fell in love. What an inspiration! From the start of our own adventure, our entire science "curriculum" has centered around Nature Studies, focusing on our own backyard. <br /><br />At first I was so intimidated -- I could only name about 3 different backyard birds, couldn't tell one spider from another, and house flies, bees and ladybugs were pretty much the only insects I could identify. I'm still hardly an expert, but what a joy to see my children finding a praying mantis (I'd never even seen one before, and they find them all the time!), watch a polyphemous moth emerge from its cocoon, observe a snapping turtle sunning on a log, and listen to my 6 year old point out a tufted titmouse, and correctly identify the gnawings of a beaver! I can hardly express the wonder and joy of it all, and it has been so simple to accomplish!<br /><br />It has been an incredible blessing to me and my children, and I am so grateful to you for pointing the way!Eileenhttp://learning2lean.typepad.com/noreply@blogger.com