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Welcome to this week’s giveaway–sponsored by Be Naturally Curious!
From Valerie at Be Naturally Curious:
“I am a mom to two energetic and inquisitive young girls and also happen to be a former college Biology professor.
One of my greatest passions in life is to help ALL kids experience the joy in learning science and exploring nature!
I believe this is best done by focusing on concepts and reinforcing learning with multiple, non-traditional teaching techniques, which is why I started Be Naturally Curious, creating science and nature mini-courses for kids grades K-5.
I love to share and discuss ideas about science and learning on our Facebook page —please come connect with us!
I’ve enlisted the help of several other scientists, many of whom are also moms, to make mini-courses on really important and fascinating scientific concepts (these are the real thing—nothing watered down here!).
Current mini-courses include:
- Take Off with Airplane Science
- A Wide World of Vertebrates
- A Butterfly’s Evening Adventure
- Freddie and His Ocean Friends
- Molecules are Everywhere
- The Adventures of Carbon
- Discovering DNA
- Mighty Magnets
- Life in the Desert
- See with your Ears!
- Our Neighbor, the Moon!
- Amazing Animal Migrations
They are designed to give parents the tools to teach higher-level scientific concepts to all styles of learners. Whether you have a kinesthetic learner or a visual one, your child can master everything from molecules and DNA to ecosystems and the carbon cycle.
As moms ourselves, we specifically designed the courses so they can be done easily at home or on a trip with minimal supplies—most materials can be cut directly from the course print out. We believe science can be done anywhere!
Each mini-course focuses on a different scientific concept, whether it be how airplanes fly or how dolphins echolocate.
Every mini-course is designed to appeal to all kinds of learners and a wide range of ages (grades K-5), and includes a beautifully illustrated story, a board or card game, a movement-based activity, a craft or modeling activity, and an experiment or outdoor exploration activity.
Try them with all the kids in your family—each person has his or her own best way to learn!
Each mini-course also includes additional resources to allow kids to follow their curiosity (the most important thing we can develop!) and concept badges kids can add to their Science Tool Kits (print out included in each mini-course.)
The prize
One Simple Homeschool reader will win a complete set of Be Naturally Curious mini-courses (worth $120), in PDF format!
PDFs can be printed in their entirety or in part for the activity materials.
How to Win
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To be entered for a chance to win, leave a comment on this post answering the question: How old are your kids, and what is their favorite way to explore nature in spring?
(If you’re reading this via email or reader, you must click here to leave your comment on this post at Simple Homeschool. Comments or emails left elsewhere don’t count as entries.)
Note: This giveaway is open internationally. Yay, international readers!
For an extra entry, share about this giveaway on Facebook, using the buttons at the bottom of this post. Then leave another comment here letting me know you’ve done so!
Special Offer
Be Naturally Curious is offering Simple Homeschool readers 50% OFF all purchases of mini-courses through April 15, 2016!
Just use the discount code “SHSpring2016” at check out.
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Are you a weird (enough) homeschooler?
Our kids (11, 9, and 3) have recently taken up kayaking in the bay near our home! It’s a great way to see the bay system and tidal pools from a whole new perspective!
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My kids are 5 and 2. We walk our dogs every day around a lake near our house and when we return my 5 year old (and sometimes the 2 year old also) always has a collection of rocks, plants, flowers , sticks. Basically anything and everything he can get his hands on and bring back. He’s been desperate to catch a dragonfly but I told him they have to remain in nature because it’s not fair to keep them as pets. He has already declared that he is a scientist of all things so I think he would love these lessons!
I have 7, 5, 4 and 2 year old kiddos and they love to get out in the garden and yard and find insects and worms. My 5 year old turns over rocks and leaves and always has some kind of habitat going for a beetle or worm.
My kids are 6 and 11. We just love to go outside for nature walks and collect everything that interests us to inspect later.
My kids are 7, 6, and 3 and they love nature walks and just exploring outside.
My critters are 7 & 10 and they like to get outside and explore 🙂
My kids are 9 and 7. We live in Vancouver, so my kids love to explore the rain forests, ocean beaches, lakes, mountains on a snowy day, and they participate in a 2-day/week outdoor school for homeschooled kids (called Fresh Air Learning) which takes them on countless outdoor adventures. Thank you for this chance to win!
We have an 9, 5, and 2 year old. When we’re on our way home from walking the oldest to school, we go pretty slowly so we can see the worms and snails and birds and cats along the way. It never gets old for them.
I have three children 5, 3, and 1 years old. My children like to hike and take a close look at all the animals, trees, sticks, and bugs!
7, 5, & 18mths. They LOVE digging in the mud and turning over rocks to find bugs.
My kids are 8, 5, and 2. In the spring they love to go out everyday and monitor the growing things in our yard: what has sprouted today, what has buds, what is blooming or opening? Every morning there is something new!
My superhero kid is 6 and he can be found outside most days either hiking, climbing, digging, throwing rocks in a creek or fishing.
I have a thee year old and a 6month old. My daughter loves to go on nature walks and help in the garden. We are so looking forward to warm weather!
My son is 5, we don’t have spring in indonesia, but we have sun all year round. So for nature, what he likes to do is looking and experimenting with leaves, flowers, and helping me taking care of my hydroponic plants.
My children, who are 20 months and almost 5 years old, absolutely love being outdoors after a long winter. Hiking, biking, camping, pruning trees, digging in the fresh dirt…they love it all. We have a garden, so they have little jobs helping with preparing soil and starting seeds in the early spring. They also love to watch our fruit trees in our backyard blossom and start producing fruit when the weather warms up.
My only daughter is 8 and she loves to explore outside during spring in her bare feet, armed with a magnifying glass, pencil and paper, and SNACKS! This would be a perfect discovery for her!
9,7,5
Hiking
My boys are 5 & 3! Their favorite way to explore spring is with the neighborhood kids hanging out in the bushes, searching for spiders, and enjoying some late spring rain!
My daughter is 4.5 and she loves to go out in the woods and search for peepers!
My children are 1.5 years and 6.5 years old. We love to notice the patterns of birds. Where are they going? What are they saying? What are they collecting?
Ages 8 and 11. Hiking in the national forest as a family, exploring our homestead, and attending Friday Forest Walks with local homeschoolers.
My children are 9, 9 and 3. We live in Vancouver where spring is about blossoms; cherry blossoms, salmon berry blossoms, apple blossoms, we like to watch the changes everyday as the blossoms open, invite the bees and gradually change into fruit.