Posts Tagged ‘God’
Michele Bachmann: “CO2 Is A Natural Byproduct of Nature!”
May 29th, 2010
Earlier this year, while attending a homeschool conference, I had a
conversation with a mother about nature studies and nature journaling. She
had decided that her students would do nature journals and had started off
with a vengeance to see that goal accomplished.
She admitted that she had taken her children to the zoo with their journal
books in hand and when they weren’t completely enthusiast Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Canada, Child, Clare Walker Leslie, Don, Donald Stokes, Edith Holden, Explore, Family, genuine excitement, God, journal, journalbooks, Kristin Pratt-, Mary Blocksma, nature, nature journals, old schoolhouse magazine, science notebook, walk, Walking, way, writing | 
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The problems with U.S. Textbooks in their religious instruction, report on a study by Peter Menkin
May 11th, 2010
In a reliable and even remarkable study, The Institute for Jewish & Community Research, located in San Francisco, published a work on religion in American textbooks. These textbooks, used in the United States’ schools, make many errors of religious fact—surprising and even egregious errors.
The book is titled, “The T Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: american textbooks, Bay Area, Christian, christianity, christianity islam, content, Dennis Ybarra, Gary Tobin, God, good citizenship, Greg Toppo, history, Israel, Jerusalem, Jesus, Judaism, McCraw Hill, Middle East, Pearson, public schools, religion, rowman and littlefield, rowman and littlefield publishers, San Francisco, study, teacher, Textbook, textbooks, U.S. |
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The Love and the Lure of Nature Walking
May 10th, 2010
By Jane Claire Lambert
Did you know that in the days of your great-grandparents the inclusion of nature instruction in school was a serious concern? Many of you have read a bit of Charlotte Mason’s books or A Girl of the Limberlost or Freckles. Some of you even own Anna Comstock’s Handbook of Nature Study, though for many of us it i Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Adventure, Beauty, Child, creation, girl of the limberlost, God, handbook of nature study, jane claire lambert, Learning, life, nature, nature instruction, quiet solitude, thing, time, trees |
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Nature Journaling: Finding Your Own Way
April 19th, 2010
Earlier this year, while attending a homeschool conference, I had a
conversation with a mother about nature studies and nature journaling. She
had decided that her students would do nature journals and had started off
with a vengeance to see that goal accomplished.
She admitted that she had taken her children to the zoo with their journal
books in hand and when they weren’t completely enthusiast Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in nature study |
Tags: Canada, Child, Clare Walker Leslie, Don, Donald Stokes, Edith Holden, Explore, Family, genuine excitement, God, journal, Kristin Pratt-, Mary Blocksma, nature, nature journaling, nature journals, old schoolhouse magazine, science notebook, time, walk, Walking, writing |
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California’s Golden Parks #118 – FERN CANYON
February 2nd, 2010
By Jane Claire Lambert
Did you know that in the days of your great-grandparents the inclusion of nature instruction in school was a serious concern? Many of you have read a bit of Charlotte Mason’s books or A Girl of the Limberlost or Freckles. Some of you even own Anna Comstock’s Handbook of Nature Study, though for many of us it i Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in nature study |
Tags: Adventure, Beauty, Child, creation, girl of the limberlost, God, handbook of nature study, jane claire lambert, Learning, life, nature, nature instruction, quiet solitude, thing, time, trees |
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