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Giveaway: $300+ curriculum package from Oak Meadow

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Welcome to today’s giveaway–sponsored by Oak Meadow!

A description from Oak Meadow:

“Yearning for the educational freedom and flexibility to explore your interests, talents, and passions? Oak Meadow’s progressive, experiential homeschooling curriculum for kindergarten to grade 12 will help you find your way.

Our student-centered, nature-based approach allows families to set their own natural rhythm of learning and encourages creativity, critical thinking, and intellectual development through hands-on activities and interdisciplinary projects.

High school students will find exceptional course selection and options such as dual enrollment, Advanced Placement and technology courses through Johns Hopkins CTYOnline, music courses through Berklee College of Music, and life experience credit.”

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“Oak Meadow’s curriculum is built on strong academic standards that can be adapted to meet the needs of the developing individual.

The free seasonal journal, Living Education, celebrates and explores issues relevant to homeschooling families.

Be true to yourself and discover your own inspired path to learning with Oak Meadow!”

Today one lucky Simple Homeschool reader will win their choice of a full curriculum package grade K-8 (value $275 to $510).

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How to Win

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To be entered to for a chance to win, leave a comment on this post, answering the question: How many children do you have and what is your favorite nature-based activity to do together?

(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.)

For an extra entry, “Like” Oak Meadow and Simple Homeschool on Facebook. Then leave another comment here letting me know you’ve done so!

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About Jamie C. Martin

Jamie is an introverted mom of three, who loves books, tea, and people (not always in that order), and avoids answering the phone when possible. She co-founded SimpleHomeschool.net in 2010 and began IntrovertedMoms.com in 2020.

Jamie is the author of four books, including Give Your Child the World (reached #9 on Amazon's Top 100 Best Sellers list), and her latest release, Introverted Mom (an ECPA bestseller). Her work has been featured by LeVar Burton of Reading Rainbow, the Washington Post, Parents, Today Parenting, and Psychology Today.

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  2. Laura

    I have two boys, 5 and 3.5, who love climbing trees, splashing in puddles and picking up rocks, acorns, pine cones, sticks, and leaves!

  6. Rachel

    I have two girls, ages almost-four and one. My older child mostly likes to go outside and pretend. The outdoors provide a change in setting to whatever imaginary world she is creating. My baby loves to play in the sand or dirt. She especially likes to eat it! Yikes!

  7. Kate M

    I have 2 girls and a boy. We love going outside as much as possible, rain or shine, and simply enjoying whatever nature has to offer on that particular day. Digging in the dirt, identifying bugs and plants, splashing in puddles….we love it all!

  9. Sarah

    My kids are 9,8,5, and 2. Some of our family’s favorite passtimes is camping and hiking. This looks like a great giveaway! Thanks!

  16. Amy Shaw

    I have 5 children and we like to play outside, using nature as a playground.

    ps – Super excited this is open to me in the UK!

  21. elizabeth

    I have 3 daughters that would spend every day in the woods, if they could. Our favorite activity is hiking.

  24. Mary Jo

    Mother of 9 – raising chickens and gardening as well as just embracing the seasonal changes in Michigan

  31. Nicole

    I have one child and we love finding things in nature to observe!

    And I had already liked both of you on facebook!

  34. Meredith

    We have three little birds here. Bought a little homestead and we learn lots outdoors. 10, 8 and 3.
    Would like to try oak meadow for upper grades.

  35. Sarah

    We have four children ages 9,7,4 and 1. We have fun growing plants from seeds inside starting in late January.

  37. Kim

    I have 2 boys, 6 and 11. Our favorite activity that we have done together is a hike on a trail where we ventured off and had to use GPS to find our way back! It’s a memory my kids will never forget. There was an excitement in getting lost in the woods.

  38. Jill

    I have twin girls who will be six in a couple of weeks and who absolutely love to “cook” withpine needles, sticks, mud and hosta leaves! They will spend hours in our back yard creating meals….we currently use Oak Meadow and love it, it would be great to win next years curriculum!

  39. Amanda G.

    We have 2 children, ages 7 (girl) & 2 (boy). My We love family nature walks. 7 year old loves catching things like grasshoppers & rolly polies. And she loves to collect nature “treasures” such as leaves, rocks/stones, shells, seeds, stingray teeth etc. My 2 yr. old loves to be outdoors to see and observe everything around him & ask “what’s dat?” about 1,000 times (haha). And he LOVES animals and birds. He will take off trying to follow a bird flying away. 🙂 *thanks for the opportunity!*

  40. Shannon H

    We have six children, ages 11, 8.5, 7, 5, 3, and 16 mo. Our family loves to camp, and take hikes. The older ones help me to identify what we see, be it plants, insects, birds, etc.

  42. Alicia M

    I have two children. Age 6 & 1. Although the 1 year old isn’t in an official grade, she is learning a lot from watching big sister! We LOVE to go on nature walks. When we did our bird unit my daughter took her field journal and would draw the birds she saw.

  43. Debbie

    2 kids: aged 4 and 1. At the moment our favourite nature activity is collecting rocks and pebbles! Thanks for the beautiful giveaway. x

  44. Kim O'Connor

    I have 2 children. My son’s favorite outdoor activity is archery and tidepooling. My daughter’s favorite outdoor activity is building fairy houses and looking for sea glass. 🙂

  46. Monica

    I have two boys ages 6 and 71/2. My favourite activity in nature is stopping when a son stops to just sit with him. I love the wind and although I don’t know where this love comes from, I feel that when my children stop and experience the natural world in their own time, they will develop their own deep wonder and passion for God’s creation.

  47. Sharon S.

    My Naomi will be 8 on Friday. We love to hike/walk in the woods, along the river, around the ponds or at the beach. Naomi just loves to be outdoors, period. When she was born, her brothers were in the 8th & 10th grade of our homeschooling journey and Naomi quickly became a part of their learning. 🙂 Thank you for providing this opportunity.

  50. Stacey

    We have six learners in our home, including parents. We love camping, canoeing/kayaking, and hiking together.

  51. Kristi B.

    I have 4 kids, ages 13, 11, 7 and 6. We love to go camping and hiking in the woods. Thanks for the great giveaway

  52. Lynette

    I have seven children, ages 11 months to 15 years. Our favourite nature activities are going on trail walks together, gardening, playing at the beach, and spending time in our orchard.

  54. Keysha

    We have one son who enjoys walks in the woods, fishing, helping wash our dogs & feeding our chickens. Thanks for the opportunity!

  56. Jeri Thurber

    My daughter is almost 4, and our favorite outdoor activity is walking through the woods and just seeing what we can see!

  58. Amber Harrigfeld

    I have two boys. Our favorite thing to do in nature is be ourselves, picking up logs to find what’s underneath, walk through creeks and climb rocks….still attempting to build a teepee !!!!

  59. Rebecca

    Hi! I have 3 boys. My favorite nature based activity to do with my kids is gardening! It allows them to get dirty and be creative! Thank you for doing the giveaway.

  62. Bethany

    I have 3 children ages 4, 2 and 1. We love to ride bikes, play with wagons, swing and go for nature walks in our pasture.

  63. Christy Moline

    I have two little girls that love being outside. Gardening, exploring, digging, playing in leaves, looking for insects, watching clouds, etc. We love Oak Meadow and are extremely excited about this giveaway.

  64. Alyssa Lazar

    Hi- I am Alyssa and I have two boys. Out favorite outdoor activity is to collect a new natural item (plant, bone, seed, bark), identify it and find a daily life use for it.

  67. MegInME

    We have a 5 and 7 year old and we love finding the alphabet in nature right now. I’m going to make into an abc photo book. It makes hiking an adventure and encourages them to observe more.

  68. Tiffany Heim

    Hi, I am Tiffany. I have 4 kids ages 9, 7, 4, and 1. We love to go camping and we also go on nature walks on our bike path/walking trails in our little town we live in.

  71. Jessi

    I have three children, and our favorite outdoor activity is splashing through creeks and playing pirate ship on the big rocks :).

  72. Amber

    I have three children. We love going on nature walks in the fall and inspecting all the fallen leaves in their varieties of colors, shapes, and sizes!

  76. Abba

    We have two girls that are 5 and 2.5. We love camping & scavenger hunts. Thanks for the chance for a giveaway!!

  77. Cherub Rene' Ayers

    I have 2 girls ages 7 and 10. We love all of nature! Our favorite things to do are foraging, gardening, hiking & camping, and turning plants into medicine.

    I liked and shared on Facebook!

    Thanks so much!

  79. Sukina DeFrancesco

    We have two delightful, inquisitive children! One of our favourite nature activities is collecting and identifying shells on the beach, closely followed by cultivating edible foods in our vegetable garden!

  80. joanna badaon

    I have two girls 7 and 10. We love morning walks listening to the birds, gardening, hiking, camping, and the beach. Thanks so much.

  83. Donna

    Thanks for the giveaway, Jamie!
    I homeschool three wonderful boys, ages 10, 12 & 14 and our favorite nature based activity is bird watching 🙂

  84. Holly

    I have four children and we love to be outdoors as often as possible. We love to explore the Bosque here in Albuquerque and learn not only about the many species but also the folk lore that surrounds that beautiful natural space.

  85. Kendall

    I have three kids: two girls 12 and 8, and one boy, 10. We enjoy walks through the woods, building forts in the ravine behind our house, digging for “archeological” treasures, and taking our reading to our favorite park: the kids sit in the trees while I sit on the ground and read.

  91. Gretchen

    We have 10 children, 6 boys and 4 girls. Ages 16, 14, 12, 10, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2mo. Our favorite activity together is hiking and just sitting down by the river throwing rocks and finding sticks, fossils, etc. In the backyard the girls love playing in the tree house “cooking” using all sorts of things from nature as their ingredients. The boys spend hours in our giant sandbox just digging and then ussually adding in the hose to make rivers, waterfalls, and dams. It always makes a mess of the house after when it comes to clean up but it is worth it since they spend hours in the sand playing and creating. Would not trade that for anything even a clean house.

  92. Elizabeth

    I have three girls (6, 4, almost 2) and one more girl due to arrive in February! We love just wandering outside: taking walks and talking about what we see. Thank you for this giveaway!
    Elizabeth’s latest post: Works and Grace

  93. Stephanie Howard

    We have 4 kids and we love to lay outside and look at the stars and talk about them! It’s amazing what the kids come up with.

  97. Susan E

    I have a son who’s 10 and a daughter who’s 6 1/2. Our favorite activity is to visit the local arboretum and see all the changes since the last time we were there and run/walk along all the trails.

  98. Angela

    I have four kids, ages 9,8,4,2 and we love doing as much outside as possible. Our favorite times are exploring the river on our canoe, kids catching leaves while we paddle around and then exploring little islands together.

  99. Krysten Traylor

    I have one child, age 2, and one on the way. I would like to try the preschool curriculum.

  101. Betsy

    We have 2 daughters, 5 and 3. Our favorite outdoor activities…….. Making mud pies, taking care of our chickens, hiking by the creek, and watching ants.

  104. Natalie

    I am the mama to two sweet babes – ages six and five. We spend most of our days outside (my main reason for homeschooling), but we really enjoy camping and hiking. A family goal is to camp at all the Indiana state parks this year!

  108. Carmel

    Hi There!
    I have 4 kids – ages 12 through 5. My favourite nature based activity to do with the kids is boogie boarding!

  112. Kerry

    I “like” simple homeschool and Oak Meadow too. Using the 1st grade curriculum this year and love it!

  113. Kim C

    I have one daughter. She is KG age and our fave nature based activity is leaf, shell or rock collecting. Once we bring our treasures home, we may craft with them or simply enjoy them displayed on our nature table or around our home.

  115. Rachel

    We have two daughters ages 6 1/2 and 3 and a baby due in March. As a family we love to hike and enjoy searching tidal pools at the beach when we visit our family in Maine.

  117. Ingrid

    We have two girls, ages 7 and 5. We go on a weekly hike that we’ve done every week with friends since the kids were born. Such a good highlight of my weeks.

  118. Pamela R

    I have three children and we love spending time at our incredible local lake. There are so many beautiful places where we live and the simple act of going for a walk and finding treasures to bring home to our nature table is also a favorite. Thanks for the chance.

  119. Marilyn

    I have 4 children. Ages 10, 9, 7, and 5. When we are out in nature, we open up and talk. We talk dreams and hopes. We talk about love. We connect deeper.

  120. Sarah T.

    I have 4 kiddos, ages 6, 8, 10, & 12. Our favorite nature activities include digging in the mud, gardening, playing with the chickens, strolling through the local arboretum, & playing for hours on end at the beach. It still feels like I’m forever telling kids to “Go outside!” I would to get THEM moreinterested in nature, and less interested in a screen :p.

  121. Judith

    I have 2 children, ages 5 and 6. Our favorite nature-based activity is to go to the arboretum. We walk around and enjoy the little pond, streams, flowers, and swings.

  123. Daria SCHROEDER

    We have two gorgeous fairies Fairy Plum (6) and Pixie Pie (4). Amongst the many things we love to experience outdoors, one favorite is building fairy houses out of what nature leaves behind. And fairy spotting of course!

  125. Kayra

    We love walking the nature trails at our local park; specially in the spring and fall. We look for critters, collect leaves, and enjoy nature. I think this curriculum would be a great fit for my twin boys.

  126. Liz

    I have two children, ages 6 and 3. We love hiking, backyard bird watching, and creek splashing most of all. Thanks for the opportunity!

  127. Nasly

    I have 4 kids and our favorite nature-based activity is camping. We love being out in nature and all the activities that come with it…
    this is an awesome giveaways. Thanks!

  128. Lisa

    I have a daughter and we love to walk along the creek by our house. depending on our mood, this is a serious “patrol” where we look for animal tracks and signs, or this is a leisurely, meditative walk, full of pauses to notice.
    Lisa’s latest post: Feast of St. Francis of Assisi

  132. Alicia

    I have two, and on e onthe way, and out favorite thing to do right now is go into nature and collect things like rocks and leaves.

  133. Stephanie

    Aloha,

    We have two young boys who love to go to the tide pools and search for aquatic creatures!

  134. Sheri

    I have three children – 11, 8 and 4. Our favorite time of the day is our morning walk, where we walk to a park nearby. Once there, the children often “transform” into animals (often birds) and play out various scenes together. Thanks for the chance to win this curriculum!

  136. Courtney Shultz

    I have four children ages 10 to 6, three girls and one boy. We love to be creative with things we find in the yard, for example my children love to make “garden salads” and pretend to be cooking with everything they find. They make homes for bugs and worms.
    God ‘s creation is a beautiful and wonderful way to learn.
    Courtney S.

  137. Tandra peters

    I have 4 kids ages 18mo – 9 years old. The oldest 3 boys and our youngest is a girl! We love bugs here! We to go on bug hunts and research about what we find!

  139. Angela B.

    Our little guy will be 3 tomorrow and our daughter is 6. Our favorite activity outside has to be exploring nature and all of its wonders. (I already have you both “liked” on Facebook.)

  142. Sara

    I have two children, 7 and 4. We enjoy taking nature walks around our neighborhood and going for hikes. Thanks for the chance to win!

  143. Hannah

    I have 3 kids and one more on the way. Our favorite nature activity is simply walking outside in any kind of weather and exploring new places.

  144. Lisa Smith

    We have 4 kiddos…10, 8, 5, & 2. We love exploring the woods and creek in our backyard and visiting the local caves.
    I “like” simple homescooling on Facebook.
    Thanks for the giveaway!

  145. Sarah Blasing

    I have 3 kiddos age 11, 8, and 5. At this moment we LOVE making huge leaf piles and jumping in! We have also been taking walks on the hiking trails and observing the animals getting ready for winter!

  146. Mrs. Barnts

    We have 3 kids and our favorite nature-based activity is road-tripping. We travel a lot, and are always gawking out the window at how diverse our country is, all the way across and up and down!

  148. Cynthia Caton

    I have four children. Three 5th graders (2 boys 1 girl) and a 3rd grade dd who would rather draw all day and read. We live in the auburbs-nature challenged-but we do have 2 big gardens and we feed the birds and watch their antics all year long. Our good bird season approaches with cioler weather.

  149. Nicole

    Hi Jamie:
    Our favourite nature-based activity is going to the beach for a swim and checking out all the different things we can find in the sand. Usually rocks and shells. Then we bring them home and make crafts with them.
    Thanks! Nicole

  150. tamara

    I’m a single mom with 2 boys ages 12 and 9. Spend our days watching and playing basketball, rollerblading. They are all boy with so many talents!!!

  151. Natalie Bush

    We have a daughter, 4.5 years and a son who is almost 2 years. Our favorite nature activity is gardening in the spring/summer, picking up acorns & pine cones in the fall and, of course making huge leaf piles to jump in! Thanks for this opportunity to win this amazing curriculum.

  152. Rina

    My only son just turned five. We like going to the watershed and ecopark; go horseback riding, watch the butterflies, go fishing, biking and hiking. We’d also do pretend play and look for pirates’ treasures.

  153. Tamara A

    I have 4 kids: 2 boys almost 7 and 5, girl 2, and boy 3mo. Our favorite nature-based activity is getting outside daily and giving them enough time to explore on their own and see what questions and activities they come up with. If they have collected items we might do crafts with the pieces or put them in a collection for a while or count with them or “cook”, etc. My kids tend to imagine being some wildlife biologist exploring animals and terrain helping animals/people.

  155. allison

    What a nice gift. We have four daughters whose ages are 12, 9, and 7×2. This summer we started a nice family project about “our” ecosystem. We took walks through our woods and yard taking pictures and noticing all kinds of neat things we sometimes overlook. Everyone had age and ability appropriate tasks to do to contribute to the final project, our own book. We also grow a lot of food and the kids like to help with that as well. We give them “jobs” that they like. Oh the beauty of homeschooling!

  157. Layantie persaud

    I have an 8 year old, a 7 year old, and a 3 year
    Old. We enjoy hiking. I also liked simple
    Homeschool on Facebook. Thanks!!

  159. Sarah walker

    We have a 7 yr old, 4 yr old and 2 yr old. We live in a big city, so we love to get out into nature in any shape or form. But one of our favorite things is to go foraging for wild edibles outdoors. Thank you!!

  160. Tiffany Schwemer

    We have 2 kiddos at home. Girl is 10 and Boy is 8. Our favorite nature activity is going to the Michigan Lake shore and seeing the 200 ft sand dunes. We climb them, hike the trails, wade through the clay river and relax on the beach. We only do it once a year, but the whole family looks forward to it! Each of the children brings home a treasure trove of fascinating little natural gems!

  161. Katie D.

    I have two boys, 10 and 6, and their favorite thing to do is go for walks. We love to explore, find critters, look under logs, and look up what we find when we come home.

  162. Jennifer C.

    We have one son, 11, and our favorite outdoor activities are using leaves to identify trees. In the fall/winter we love searching for tracks to identify which animals made them.

  164. Janessa

    I have two daughters, ages 8 and 4 and we enjoy nature walks. We live in south Florida and my girls love going to the nature trails in the everglades to see the gators.

  165. J Prater

    We have 2 kids and our favorite nature activity is to go hiking, and collecting leaves, taking pictures, and just spending time outdoors together as a family.

  166. Addie Metivier

    i have a 3 year old daughter, and one of her MANY favorite nature activities is going to Bartram’s Gardens in Southwest Philly. they have a frog pond there, historic home, meadow full of birds, she’s even spotted a few snakes! and at their recent harvest festival we got to go canoeing on the Schuylkill River 🙂
    I already like both Simple Homeschool and Oak Meadow on FB.

  168. Amy

    We have 3 kids, ages 8, 11, & 14. They love the outdoors & enjoy it all– climbing trees & fishing, kayaking, hiking, & biking. This year they helped us garden and visited the ocean for the first time. Our favorite outdoors/nature activity changes all the time depending on the season and weather; I think the latest one is making roses out of the beautiful fall leaves using floral tape. My mom came over and taught them, and the boy and the girls all kept making them long after she had gone.

  169. Heather

    Our favorite nature based activity is going for a walk. We live in a city, but it is fun to take different routes to the park, collecting pine cones and colorful leaves on our way. I am super intimidated about homeschooling 3rd grade next year. We’ve been ” winging it” so far piecing a little of this and that together. Winning an otherwise out of reach (financially) total curriculum would be a dream!!! Thanks!!!!!

  170. Jenna Reece

    I have one son. We like to go on long hikes to the creek and watch the little fish, crawdads, and frogs together.

  171. Jennifer Solomon

    We have two daughters, one 5 years old and one almost 2. We love to follow the deer trail through the woods around our house and pretend to do all the things we think they’ve been doing (pretend to nibble berries and drink from the stream, rub our backs on the tree trunks, etc.).
    Thank you for sharing this opportunity to win such a refreshing curriculum!

  172. Nancy

    I have a son and a daughter. We all love letterboxing — it’s a fun way to explore familiar places and get outside while traveling.

  174. Jennifer G.

    My daughter is 6! We love everything outdoors all year long! Right now it’s Apple picking at our local apple orchards!!

  175. Kim Cunningham

    I have one child. In the summer we like to grow vegetables. We always enjoy hiking and walking through the woods. Just being outdoors and enjoying nature is wonderful for us.

  178. Colleen

    We have one girl (so far), and we live in Colorado, so we love hiking in the mountains; enjoying the views and the different seasons.

  179. JoAnne

    Thank you for this beautiful opportunity! We have two adopted sons at home, ages 5 and 3. We have seasonal favorites – summer/fall – hiking, fishing, gardening; winter – anything snow related, and we have a lot of that in Alaska; spring – puddles, watching the birth and/or re-emergence of life that has hibernated for months.

  180. Joni

    My kids are 11, 8, and 3. We love doing anything outdoors, especially hiking. The older kids and my husband love to fish, so I love to play with the toddler and *try* to read a book while they do that. 🙂 I just did a mid-year curriculum switch with my 8 year old son, and so I am very interested in learning more about this curriculum! Thanks for the giveaway!

  181. L

    I have one 13 year old child and we love camping, walking the dogs, swimming, finding butterflies and any kind of nature activity. Thank you!

  183. Jennifer H.

    I have two sons ages 7 and 5. They love to play in the yard for hours, go horseback riding and camping!

  185. Tracy

    We have two sons, ages 5 & 8. We are blessed with a gorgeous piece of property that the boys love to explore. We also like watching the sky, whether it is the sunrise, sunset, watching the clouds, watching a storm come in, or merely noticing the birds.

  189. Julie

    I have one son, 3.5 years old. He loves to go outside and dig in the dirt and throw rocks in the creek. He has recently become fascinated by climbing trees. I’m intrigued by the Oak Meadow curriculum and have poured over the catalog and website

  190. debbie

    this would be wonderful! i have 9 and 12 year old girls who love to hike, search for mushrooms, draw birds, collect leaves…thank you!

  192. Maria Davis

    I have 5 children, 11,9,6,5,4. Our favorite outdoor activity is when we get to go backpacking or camping. It makes us slow down and see the natural world differently.

  193. Meydo

    We have 5 kids . Although we are only homeschooling the 2 youngest , ages 3.5 and 6.5. The others have graduated fr public and private school. So far we love homeschooling, but have not really loved our curriculum. We love to go hiking ! Living in colorada and near the utah border we have so many cool opportunities to see different areas.

  195. Milli

    I have 3 children: 17, 15 and 3. We love hiking and camping, and all nature-related activities in between.

  196. Robin

    We are Waldorf homeschoolers. Our kids are 8 and 5. We live in a beautiful place with lots of natural resources. A group of mamas get our kids together weekly for Nature outings, but, truly, nature inspires most of our activities.

  198. Stephanie

    We have three children, ages 13, 10 and 5. We live right next to Yosemite, and we love hiking the trails to the falls!

  199. Angelique Sipos

    Thanks for the chance! My kids are 9 and 4, and we love to explore our backyards, do birding, take nature walks in parks all over town and beyond, and tend our community garden plot in the summertime.

  201. Marcelene

    We have 3 children 13, 9 and 2. We enjoy going on hikes in the mountains and observing wildlife (from safe distances) in their natural habitat.

  202. Amber

    I have 4 little ones, ages 3, 8,9, &10. Each of mine enjoy just walking and seeing what new things are out daily or with the change of the seasons.

  203. Anna

    I have a 12 year old and a 10 year old (soon to be 13 and 11 before the end of the calendar year). We live within driving distance of the beach and enjoy tidepooling.

  206. Rebecca

    We have three kiddos. Two six year olds and a two year old. My favorite thing is actually watching them work on their “well” they are digging in the backyard. It’s just a hole, but it’s great fun to watch them imagine and create with it.

  207. Sarah M

    I have a 5 year old and a 7 year old and our favorite nature-based activity to do together is pick foods at the local fields! There are so many options where we live and we try to do that as often as we can. 🙂
    Sarah M
    Sarah M’s latest post: Space Needle Treat!

  208. Dori

    I am the mama to a 5 yr. old. As a family we like to spend time exploring nature and the seasons. We are having fun at the local pumpkin patch, farmers market and leaf piles in the yard. Thanks for this awesome chance to win an amazing curriculum package!

  211. susan

    I have one daughter and she is 14 in 9th grade. We love outside activities and discovering what happens in nature. Im a single working mom, so I would love to have a little extra help in planning and having a curriculum that is all set up for me. That would give us more time to spend together other than me planning each day!

  213. Brandy

    I have 3 children….a 14 year old daughter, a 13 year old daughter, and an 8 year old son. We love to go on hikes through the woods, and particularly enjoy just sitting outdoors to to our schoolwork. Anything that gets us outside is wonderful!

  214. Jayne Yang

    I have a 20 month old and I’ve been introducing her to different plants and even the insects at the park. At this stage, she seems fascinated with everything she sees. There are so many things to explore!

  215. Lee

    Two daughters, 6 & 9 and we love to walk through creeks that fill after monsoons in the desert. We can go for miles and feel we are alone in the world. That is our favorite, but always in nature there is wonder. Especially watching hummingbirds! Butterflies! Worms! You get the idea.

  216. Amanda Shaw

    I have three children, ages 8, 6 and 3. Our favourite outdoor activity is one we recently discovered: orienteering! I would love to win this package! We’re starting homeschool in Fall 2015, and I’m in love with the Oak Meadow program.

  218. Miet

    I have two children, ages 4 and 2. They love playing outside! We like to just go for walks and study feathers and acorns, or watching the squirrels and birds.

  220. Kristen

    I have 2 children, age 5 & 8. We love to ski in the winter and the rest of the year we love to hike.
    Thanks for sharing all the wonderful resources you come across!

  222. Jenn

    I homeschool a 9 year old and 5 year old. Our
    favorite nature based activity is hiking in the woods and parks by our house and weather/cloud observation.

  223. Melody

    We have 2 boys 13 and 10. We love the change of seasons and watching the changing of the trees to birds that migrate.

  224. Emily

    We have four sweet children, Cassidy (9), Claire (4), Natalie (2) and Simon (6months). We love camping in the summer, walking nature trails in the fall and rolling in the snow during long north country winters!

  225. Jennifer

    We have three children; ages 12, 9, and 4. Our favorite nature-based activity is going on hikes and surrounding ourselves with God’s beautiful creation.

  227. Juli

    Hi! Love your blog and we love Oak Meadow! I have two children, ages 9 and 11, and our favorite nature based activity these days is raising our 6 chickens…and finally collecting some eggs!

  229. Elena Petrova

    Hello, we have 2 kids – 3 y/o and 1 y/o. Our favourite family outdoor activity is to go to the beach and in the summer we spend a lot of time with grandma and grandpa in the country house.

  230. Sarah

    We have 2 children & our favorite nature based activity is exploring the woods near our home and hiking at state parks!

  231. Mandy

    We have three boys ages 9,5, and 18 months. we have been really enjoying mushroom hunting and identification this fall!

  232. Wendy

    My three year old and I love to spend time exploring the state park and forest that is near our home. We collect leaves, nuts, and stones to bring home and investigate, as well as talk about how the area changes with the seasons.

  234. Amanda

    Our backyard is wonderful. We live on a lake in a small town and love foraging around for fairy house supplies in the wooded area.

  235. Christine

    Our girls are 3 ~ 5~ and 7! We love picking berries and swimming and exploring our backyard creek! Along with winter bonfires and autumn hikes~

  238. kristi

    One and one on the way. We love taking nature walls around around our property she also (before it got cold) lying on the grass at dusk and watching the bats swoop over us. We also go out on warm evenings and watch the moon rise and count stars.

  240. Erin

    I have two little munchkins, ages 3.5 and 4.5. Our favorite thing to do outside together is visit the pon at Grammy’s house and catch/release tadpoles and frogs. They are amazed at the transformation from tadpole to frog and also how different each frog is. I love their sense of wonder!

  244. Shannon K

    I have 3 children. 1 girl and 2 boys. We love our walks along our local nature trails! So much fun discovering.

  245. Amanda

    I have two children and we love out nature walks! Exploring the seasons has been wonderful with two littles. Seeing things through their eyes is always an adventure.

  247. Aimee

    We have two children: 10 and 7. Our favorite nature based activity is anything crafty. We’ve done leaf rubbings and turned them into gnomes; we’ve made weavings using sticks that we found outdoors; we collect rocks and use them in all manner of activities. It is an endless supply of materials!

  248. Jen Welch

    We have three kids, a daughter and two sons, ages 8, 5 1/2, and 3 1/2. We operate a small family farm, so we are outside A LOT. The kids enjoy riding their ponies and helping out in the barn. We also love hiking down to the river, fishing, foraging, and looking for animal signs. 🙂

  251. Amber S

    I have one daughter and we love to bird watch. I recently purchased some binoculars so we could get a closer look and observe their habits. It’s a great way to incorporate skills into our adventures while doing something we love.

  252. Melanie Schultz

    I have 5 children, ages 12, 5, 3, 2 and a new one any day now. Our favorite nature activity is our garden. We grow all of the vegetables our family eats. It’s a year round adventure. The kids take pride in the little plants they grew from seed and get excited to help prepare it for our meal. It’s a very rewarding lesson.

  253. Rachel Hubbard

    We have twin boys who are five years old. This is their first year of schooling, kindergarten. Our most favorite nature based activity is what we call the ‘Bug Club’. We can spend hours doing it. We either go in the yard, for a walk or to the park and search high and low for all and any type of bugs. We observe them, touch them if we can, draw them in our journals and learn all there is to know about them. My boys absolutely love learning about bugs and nature.

  256. Amanda Levesque

    I have one beautiful daughter, Cali, who is going to be three in a couple of months.
    We love to get outside, looking and exploring nature.
    Our family camps a lot and we go for many nature walks when the weather permits.
    We are also a big fishing family 😀
    She is a major nature lover already, and always has been!

    I’ve already “liked” both pages a little while back 😀

  257. Kristi

    Our kids are 5 and 7. Our favorite nature activity is playing at the creek in a park near our home. We see fish, tadpoles and the occasional frog there. It dries up sometimes (drought conditions here in Texas) but the fish are always there when the water returns.

  259. Rebecca

    We have three, soon to be four and our favorite nature activity is to go to the nearby nature center and just run around like crazy folk and explore. Burrowing into thickets, splashing in creeks, running down arrow straight pine avenues, getting absolutely filthy, it’s all fun! We’ve seen deer, owls, snakes, all sorts of terrific critters.

  261. Melissa

    We have almost 5 children. 13, 7, 5, 1, and baby due May 2015. We moved to the country 3 years ago to get the kids closer to nature. Our favorite things to do are hiking and journaling at the local nature center.

  265. Summer Wuepper

    I have 4, soon to be 5 sons, ages 9, 8, 6 and almost 4. Our favorite outdoor, nature-based activities are camping, hiking and taking nature walks. This has been something we have done since our oldest was a baby, in fact his first word was, “flower.” We point out different animals and plants when we walk, if we don’t know what something is we will go home and look it up. We also talk about the weather and how it effects the plants and animals. I liked both facebook pages as well.

  266. Tara Bishop

    We love going to the zoo and are blessed with a zoo rich in native habitats so that you feel like you’re experiencing the animals in a real way not just as spectators in an artificial setting!

  268. Becca G

    I have 3 children – 6, 4, and 1. I recently enrolled my 4 year-old in a nature-based preschool in a senior care center. I knew I always wanted the inter-generational aspects as part of our home education, but I am mind-blown at how my son thrives with the daily activity outdoors. He loves playing in the rain now!! No weather slows him down. Our favorite thing to do now is get outdoors every day and seeking to find something new. Yesterday we watched a pileated woodpecker for an hour!

  269. Debbie

    Hi, we have 3 kids, 10,8 and 5. We love camping and campfires. If we can’t get away, we will put the tents in the backyard. I hope, when they are a little bigger to try some sections of the AT!

  270. Ashley

    Hi Jamie,
    I have two children, and ever since they could walk we have taken them on hikes around lakes and parks and through the woods. They are happiest outside, holding sticks and pinecones and collecting chestnuts to feed their stuffed animals for breakfast 🙂

  272. Amanda C

    I have 3 children. They love being outside in the garden ,picking flowers and collecting leaves and sticks.

  273. KRis Alvarez

    We are a homeschooling family in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada! My daughters, grade 4 and grade 2,and I have had an exceptional life learning experience up to present. Part of that is definitely due to Oak Meadow curriculum since preschool! Unfortunately we don’t have grade 5 and I would be sad not to continue. Our humble budget would profit from this giveaway.

    • KRis Alvarez

      oops! almost forgot to say: our favourite nature based activity would be a simple walk on a nice hiking/ski trail, or a park outside of the city.

  274. Brooke

    Hello! I have a nine year old and a one year old. We love exploring our Alaskan backyard. And we just got bikes and a trailer- so we’ve just started biking too!

  275. Brittney

    I have two boys ages 3 and 6. We enjoy walking in our back yard together feeling the ground on our bare feet, observing all the different trees and plants and hearing the songs of the birds. We sit on our front porch and hear the wind chimes as the cool breeze blows past. At night we listen to the crickets and look up at the starry sky and talk about the different planets and how the universe goes on forever and ever. It’s one of the most beautiful and simplest adventures we experience together.

  276. Kelly Wong

    We have 3 children and we LOVE to go to our local nature preserve and just observe nature. Last time we visited we saw a tortoise crossing our path and we immediately drew pictures of it in our nature journals!

  278. Jess

    I am in the beginning stages of homeschooling my 2.5 and 4 year old. We love to go on nature hikes and keep a field journal. We eat outside whenever possible, garden and visit farms.

  279. Molly

    I have 2 children, ages 9 and 11. Our favorite nature based activity is walking and hiking in the woods.

  280. Paige

    We have two boys and our favorite thing to do is go for walks and explore. We talk about the things we find – animal tracks, things left behind, the trees & other plants we see…we’ve even stopped to watch an antlion in its sand trap. Very interesting!

  281. Jennifer Clary

    I have one daughter and we love to lay under trees with our toes in the grass and look at clouds.

  285. Ashlei Artis

    I have two children ages 5 and 2. We like to go on walks collecting things for our fairy houses. Currently I haven’t been able to get them away from the huge piles of leaves in the back yard 🙂

  289. Melissa

    We have 3 kiddos. Our favorite activity is nature walks and study. My girls love illustrating all they see!

  291. Juliette Crone-Willis

    I have one 12 year old son and we spend lots of time outside, but my favorite activity is caving!

  292. Melissa Rollins

    I have three kids, this is our second year homeschooling. We love to be outside as much as possible! Lately, we’ve been doing marine studies at the beach!

    Liked both fb pages 🙂

  294. Lori Rowland

    I have two kids, a five year old boy and a three year old girl. In the fall, we love to collect different colored leaves and do art projects with them.

  295. Yvette

    I have 2 children, 7 and 10. I’m saddened by our lack of outdoor activities, exploration and adventure. My kids sit around in our basement and do workbook after workbook with no excitement or love for what they are “learning.” I have to change this for them, or send them to school – either way, we can’t continue like this. A win like this will change our lives.

  296. Amy Franklin

    4 girls… We love the experience of searching for caterpillars and watching them transform into butterflies.

  299. Michelle C.

    I have 2 boys, 12 and 10. We love being outside now that is finally not 95 degrees! We love to take walks and check out animals and critters we see along the way.

    Both FB pages liked!

  304. Beryl Jacobs

    I have two daughters and our favorite activity is snorkeling together. We love to marvel at acquatic life!

  305. Linda

    We have a six year old daughter Mia who absolutely adores going on nature walks! She is one very curious little girl 🙂

  306. Lindsay

    I have three children, 2 girls 9 and 5 and a baby boy 10 mo. We live in a small Colorado mountain town, so we don’t have to go far to be in nature. We love water most of all: ponds, lakes, rivers and streams and natural hot springs.

  308. Darla Smith

    We have 6 children: 2,4,6,8,11, and 24.
    Are favorite “Nature Activities” are: Nature walks, discussing weather, and watching documentaries about animals.

  309. Heather

    We love dining outdoors – picnics while making shapes out of clouds, making candlelit dinners under the stars, etc. We do many other activities with more movement, but we find those dining experiences to be the most intimate and beautiful.

  312. Danielle

    I have two children. My son is 7 and my daughter is 4. We live in Texas, we love hiking and exploring nature by learning about plants and animals!!!

  314. Mike M

    We have 3 children and our favorite nature based activity is BREATHING 🙂 other than that we love being in the woods hiking in the fall and snow shoeing or X country skiing in the winter.

  317. Jackie N.

    We’re new to homeschooling and have one 4 year old daughter. We love to plant gardens together. This summer we did a veggie patch and flowers. Now we’re gearing up for Spring with bulbs. Also, there are worms, which to my 4 year old, are the only reason for digging.

  319. Maren

    I have two kids, aged almost six and three and half. Currently, our favorite outdoor activity is puddle jumping.

  320. Jackie Chicoine

    I have two boys. We love to walk at a near by park to find different birds and watch the trees change colors! Lately we have found a crane which is awesome looking when he flies!!! We just love the outdoors!

  321. Brisja

    I have one son, and we love to explore new places together to see what kinds of animals and plants live there.

  323. Elizabeth Hosto

    We have two boys 9 and 6 and they love to be outside, camping and kayaking are their favorite activities right now.

  325. Amanda

    I have 2 kids and a few times a week we go to a local bird sanctuary near our home & observe what birds are there, what they’re doing & eating… then we wander about & find one new nature thing we’d never noticed before.

  327. Ashley McIlhargie

    I have four kids: 12, 9, 2, 3months. Our favorite nature activity is trail walking/hiking. We discuss the plants, animals and bugs we see. We also love to pick up a few of the fallen leaves and sticks to make art or a craft when we get home.

  331. Kim Lawton

    2 kids, ages 6 and 3. Our favorite outside activities are hiking and camping. I have liked both Simple Homeschool and Oak Meadow on Facebook. Thanks!

  332. Robin Carter

    I have a 4 1/2 year old daughter. We will start homeschooling next school year. Right now our favorite nature activity is walking on the beach finding seashells and watching the whales, otters, dolphins, seals, and birds.

  333. julia

    3 boys, ages 2, 5 and 7. We love collecting things on nature walks and drawing / painting the birds we watch in our backyard.

  334. aaron

    Three kids: 8, 5, and 3.

    Our favorite nature activities? Recently, summiting small peaks, volunteering at our local nature preserve, and collecting seasonal treasures (acorns, autumn leaves, interesting fallen branches).

    I also like both pages on FB.

  335. Holly

    I have four girls, two of whom are homeschooled. We love to do nature studies on the birds and animals in our yard. We live overseas so there is a lot to study!

  338. Alissa

    I have 2 kids (6 and 2) and one on the way. We love to go hiking together – in the Pacific Northwest there are some beautiful waterfall hikes that are our favorites!

  339. Brenna

    I have 4 kids. We love going hiking during the week. On the weekends, we head out to a quiet secluded beach only accessible by boat where we light a campfire, watch the waves, and search for sharks’ teeth.

  343. Lacy

    We have three kiddos….9,7 and 3. We love to go exploring in the woods and listening to the wonderful sounds to nature. The kids love hunting for Bigfoot as well!

  345. Traci Moore

    We love to take our nature journals and find something to identify and sketch. We usually take it home and trace and watercolor over the sketches later!

  346. Chapel Love

    I have 2 children and our favorite nature activity is gardening. Right now we are raking and collecting leaves to cover the garden with for compost.

  349. Kristin

    We have a 7 year old daughter, 4 year old daughter, and a 2 year old son. We love implementing GeoCaching because we get to explore places we wouldn’t generally go and the kids have to really pay attention to the clues. Plus its like a treasure hunt!

  351. Tina Falsitta

    I have 2 daughters. My 8 year old loves when we go on short hikes as a family and read a book (we stop every so often to rest, we read a chapter at each rest stop and then she talks about how the moral of the story relates to her own life while we walk)

  352. meredith

    I have one child, and we love to take nature walks, observe flora and fauna in the field, draw them in our watercolor journals, and then identify them in our nature field guides. Thanks for the chance to win this. We use Oak Meadow for our curriculum, and the chance to win a curriculum package is very welcome!

  356. Marina

    I have 4 children and we love to go on nature walks and collect different things they find in the woods. I also liked the two pages on Facebook.

  358. Dana

    I have two kids ( 4 yr and and 1 yr). I am considering homeschooling them and just started looking for all suitable materials. Thank you for this opportunity.

  359. Kristi P.

    We have three girls. Going hiking and backwoods camping are our favorite activities to do outdoors. They love being in God’s creation!

  361. Stephanie

    I am the lucky momma to three beautiful girls!!! We all love so many great outdoor activities- though our Favorite is spending time on Lake Champlain, boating, fishing, hiking islands, swimming, playing in the sand and of course meeting all the exciting animals around.

  362. Jacqueline Vaca

    We have two daughters and we’re involved with Scouts. We spend a lot of time camping and hiking.

  363. Melinda H.

    I have 5 children and their favorite outdoor activity to do together is to go on long nature walks or hikes. They love being outside!

  364. Jen

    I have 4 children, ages: 9, 7, 6 and 4. Our favorite nature based activity is identifying plants, trees and rocks and recording these in journals as well as collecting samples of what we find. Would so love to win Oak Meadow! Been dreaming of having this kind curriculum. Liked Both on Facebook!

  367. Lisa miller

    I have 3 grown and an 11 year old. Liam loves rocks and we go collect and try and figure out the rocks story – where she came from – what she was before and what she might become. We typically google rock pictures to try and get to know our rocks !!! Liam often says “Rocks ROCK”. Who knew !

  371. Brooke Schroeder

    inhave two boys, ages 18mo and 4 1/2. We like to travel to different states and learn about the different flora, fauna, and topography. We recently went to Hawaii and saw/learned about lava tube formation and the various plants at the botanical gardens (as well as sea life/wildlife preservation, ect)…last year we went to Illinois to the botanical gardens there, and next year we will be going to Colorado to do some mountain hikes.

  372. Nichole

    Hello 🙂
    I have four children, ages 7, 6, 5, and 2. Currently keeping things real simple, so going for walks and collecting and observing things along the way is one of our favourite nature activities.

  375. Destiny C

    I have two children, a son and a daughter. We love to go on walks in the woods and we take along our plant identification pamphlets. They have the best time trying to figure out the different plants and what they’re good for!

  378. Dawn

    I have 3 children. We love walking in the woods exploring our way along. I’ve already ‘liked’ Oak Meadows and Simple Homeschooling on fb.

  379. Cindy B

    We ave two kids ages 6 and 10. Our favorite nature based activity is simply taking walks along the nature trail that runs behind our house. We have all learned so much just spending time in nature and observing!

  381. Christine W

    I have two boys, 4 and 2. Our favorite nature activities are going to the beach (less than a mile from our house!) and collecting pine cones at our local park/playground.

  382. Kelly Hogenson

    I have 3 children ages 6, 3 and 4 months. We are just beginning our home school journey with my oldest. Our favorite outdoor activity is between bike riding and walks.

  383. Allison

    I am a homeschooling mama of six children, and we love to go camping and connect with nature in our beautiful state of Colorado. We also once took an adventurous camping journey to Northern California and back! Have been really wanting to check out this curriculum. Also like both pages…

  385. Stephanie H

    I have 3 children, I homeschool 2 of them. A 9 yr old boy and a 7 yr old girl. Our favorite things to do in nature (nature studies) are hiking and finding different reptiles, museums for water creatures and the zoo/petting zoo. But mostly being out in nature and seeing the insects and birds, trying to identify them.

  386. kathryndarnell@gmail.com

    I homeschool my six year old daughter. We love foraging and collecting samples in the hills and mountains near our home in Colorado. We spend time recognizing new species of plants, insects, and animals; paying close attention to how nature changes during the seasons. Thank you for introducing me to Oak Meadow! I just began homeschooling last year, and as our resources are limited, I welcome the chance to experience such a great curriculum!

  388. Stacey

    I have two children. We love to go on nature walks in our community everyday. My 7 year-old loves to collect pine cones and magnolia seed cones. We also love to catch insects to observe and keep for a day. We would discuss the insect’s anatomy and its behavior. Then we researched online to learn more about them.

  389. Jocelyn Bullen

    I have 2 boys, one 10 and one 4. We have a small farm and love to spend most of our time outside exploring and dpendingvtime with our farm animals. We love oak meadow!

  392. Cindy

    I have 3 beautiful children. We love to go on nature walks to collect treasures and decorate our homemade fairy house.

  393. Amanda S

    I have 2 children, a 7 year old daughter and a 4 month old little guy. They area my life. Our favorite outdoor activity would have to be hiking and exploring the New Mexico mountains.

  394. Cindy

    I already like simple homeschool on Facebook, and I just went over and liked oak meadow. I sure hope I win!

  396. Cristina

    I have 3 daughters, (6, 10,13) we enjoy walking in the parks (that our city offers), collecting herbs, rocks and plants…then we used them to decorate the nature table or our home.

  398. Perry

    I have two children, a son (11) and a daughter (12). Both former Waldorf school students. Our favorite nature-base activity is bird studies.

  400. crystal

    i have four children, one of them i homeschool (first grade)….and our favorite things are hiking and watching the bats from our porch fly over right before it gets too dark. 🙂

  401. Eve

    I have two daughters ages 8 and 4 and a baby due in April. We love to do anything and everything outside from nature walks to mud pies to gardening!

  404. Sarah Rankin

    We have twins, 8, who both love the ocean, so one of our favorite things is climbing on the rocks at low tide to examine what/who is in the tide pools. My son, who has Down syndrome, is learning to spell “periwinkle”!

  407. lolo

    we would feel so blessed to win the awesome curriculum! i have 9 children. our favorite nature study is hiking our trails and waterfalls here in yosemite!!!!!

  409. sarah

    I have one daughter, age 6. She would say playing the mud, but I would say a family hike! A simple hike always includes so many activities and conversations, including dirt play!

  410. Ewelina

    I have 2 girls ages 5 and 2. Due this month with a 3rd baby. We live to visit different nature centers in the county we live in. My girls love to bring their backpacks filled with their journals, magnifying glasses, binoculars and play little scientists.

  411. Sage Boyd

    I have three children, and my fourth is due in March. We are currently Homeschooling our six- and four- year- old boys, and our two- year- old girl is involved in all we do. Nature Learning is key to our home-school plan. We spend time each day outside observing, drawing, listening, touching, and improving nature if we can. Wherever we go we take bags to collect trash, and try to help create habitat for creatures around us. Plant and animal identification is my oldest son’s favorite pastime. My second son loves building rock towers and leaving them for others to find. I know there is little chance of my winning the curriculum, and yet it would really be a blessing to our family. Thanks for the chance!

  412. Rob

    We have one 6 year old and now that it’s fall, our favorite nature activity is raking leaves into a giant pile under our maple tree, falling into them, and hiding in them. In between we climb the tree….

  413. Jama Oliver

    I have three boys, ages 2, 6, and 7 and another on the way! Our favorite nature activity is hiking. We live in the Southern Appalachian Mountains, just minutes from the AT, so it’s the perfect place!

  417. Pamela

    I have three children, ages 6, 4 and 1. Our favorite nature activity right now is our weekly homeschool co-op group, where we meet our friends for a hike in the forest every Friday. We walk the same route each week. Each child has their own “special spot” in the woods where they journal and observe nature. It is connecting all of us to nature again and it is such a lovely time with friends.
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  418. Melanie

    I have 3 little boys who are 4, 2, and 8 months. Our favorite nature activity would probably be going on a long walk by the creek exploring bugs and plants.

  421. molly

    Hi! We have 3 children (one more on the way!), and our favorite nature activity is spending time on my parents’ 21-acre organic farm. Jersey cows, chickens, ducks, dogs, and more roaming about beautiful fruit, veg, and pasture fields! Thank you for the giveaway opportunity — Oak Meadow has always sounded so wonderful xo

  424. Rachel Bancroft

    I have two children, ages 11 and 8. We love taking care of our backyard chickens and taking walks to the pond nearby.

  425. Paola

    We have three children (12, 5 and almost 3). We love to do nature walkings around our neighborhood watching the geckos run on the sidewalk and looking all the South Florida plants and palm trees. We also love collecting shells and explore beach life

  426. Jamie

    I have 3 children ages 2, 12, and 15. We live in Alaska so it is hard to pick one favorite outdoor experience… We love floating the Kenai where we fish for Salmon and watch wildlife while we float. We are blessed to live in a beautiful place with lots of outdoor experiences.

  428. kimberly

    I have four children. we live in the Pacific Northwest and our favorite outdoor/nature activity is hiking in the mountains and camping in the summer months.

  429. Jessica

    We have a boy & a girl! Our favorite activity is playing on our homestead with our 2 rescue pups & occassionally herding a chicken who has escaped from the coop 🙂

  431. Shawna

    I have two sons – one 8 and one 11. Our favorite nature activity (since I had to pick just one) is going “Field Herping”. We look for lizards and snakes and anything else that captures our imagination.

  433. Jamie

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  434. Maria Hass

    I have an 8 year old boy, a 7 year old girl, and a 5 year old boy. We love to hike. Alaska gets pretty cold in the winter so what we do depends on how much we bundle up, but it ranges from identifying animal tracks in the snow to collecting flowers in the spring, we discuss biology, we collect blue berries, raspberries, and rhubarb… Whatever we can enjoy in the sunlight!
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  435. Virginia

    We have one 11 year old who loves to explore nature in woods, swamp land, meadows, beaches. We always discover something new everyday.

  436. Kristin

    My son is 7, daughter 4 and youngest 2. We love playing in our backyard, digging in the dirt. I love taking walks in the woods with them.

  439. Tanya

    I have three children~ 14,9 and 6. Our favourite nature activity is going outside with sketch books to observe the plant, insect and bird life. My 14 year old also loves walking at night and looking and listening for owls. 🙂

  440. Terese Simpson

    Our favorite thing is our (mostly) daily walk. No matter the weather fresh air and hopefully some sunshine are a must.

    Terese

  445. Andrea Gaskins

    I have two kids, and we love exploring outside, and discovering all of God’s wonderful creations. We give Him thanks and praise for them.

  446. Caitlin Weaver

    I have three kids: 5,3, and 1 year old. I would LOVE to use Oak Meadow in our homeschool! We love to simply be outside together and enjoy nature and find interesting plants and animals.

  449. pdxmom

    I have two boys and we just love to take our dog for a walk, go to the park and play around! We take the dog to the dog park so she has some space to run too!

  453. elaina k

    I have one daughter who is age 6, she and I love gardening together then using what we have grown in our meals but her favorite part is watching bees pollinate flowers and collect nectar.

  455. Tara

    We have 3 bios 1 foster and 2 open beds (meaning placement could happen anytime). My girls are all about fairy gardens and outside animals! I also liked on fb and shared.

  458. Lauren

    I have two children, ages 1 and almost 4, and we love hiking and looking under rocks and logs for bugs!

  459. Kirsten S

    We have a 5 yr old daughter, currently working on Oak Meadow’s kindergarten, and a 3 yr old son. Our favorite outdoor activity is to hike and explore our beautiful state.

  461. Beverly Snyder

    I have an 11 year old daughter in 5th grade. This is our first year homeschooling and we are doing well in everything but math. I would love to develop nature-based learning in our curriculum–but being new to everything, I’m not sure how. A curriculum based in it would certainly help.

    • Beverly Snyder

      Forgot to add that she and her dad go hiking and camping together and we all love visiting historical sites.

  463. shannon vanderheide

    I have 2 girls, always homeschooled. We live on a little river and love to watch the eagles soar, the fish swim, the river otter and seals. My girls are headed out right now in their kayaks for a little paddle down the river.

  464. Sarah Stewart

    I have a 4 year old and an 8 year old. We enjoy gardening, hiking, and weekly nature walks.

  465. Keona Hunter

    I have two boys, 5.5 and 2. We just moved to Hawaii and thet love watching birds and looking through our guide book to see their names.

  467. Shari

    I have three bio kids 23,21 and 17. Two adopted 5 and 4. One foster 11 months

    We just like being outside. Riding bikes, playing in sandbox. Whatever as long as we are out!

  469. Lindy

    We have three children. Living in South Africa, one of our favorite nature activities is walking in the veld (which means open grassland or the country). We are blessed with such a diverse amount of fauna and flora. In every season there is so much to observe, from micro to macro. After our walk we sketch something that we saw in our nature journals, or occasionally we use water colors.
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  471. Sara McCloud

    I have 3 children and we love to explore in the woods, finding new leaves or seeds is our recent favorite.

  472. Christie Smith

    I have two boys ages 9 &5. We love finding driftwood and looking for salamanders and frogs…and lizards…and snakes. Did I mention that I have boys 😉

  476. Sarah B

    I have a girl (8) and a boy (5). We love going to the beach to make sand sculptures, play in the waves and look for crabs.

  477. Jen

    I have two boys, ages 7 and 4. My absolute favorite activity to do outdoors with them is picking blueberries in August. They get SO excited when we go blueberry picking – and it becomes a little competition to see who can pick the most. We could eat blueberries every day!!

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  478. Idaho Jill

    My daughter is 7. We like to go on nature walks – she takes a notebook and a camera and record, both places, what we see. She loves it :).

  479. Teresa Synovec

    I home school one child in first grade. Our favorite outside activity is nature walks to discover the seasonal changes, and really cool critters. 🙂

  481. Diane C

    I have 4 children (3 grown and a 6 year old) and our favorite nature activity is hiking in the woods.

  484. Tathiana Mitchell

    My kids are 3.5 yo and 2 yo and we love walking in our neighborhood noticing the beauty of it all, from crawling bugs to giant oak trees. It’s our favorite time of the day!

  485. Laura Aiuto

    I have 2 children ages 3 and 4.5 years old. We spend a lot of time outdoors and enjoying hiking and walking together gathering nature treasures.

  487. Katharine

    I have 3 kids. We love hiking to the waterfall on the mountain above our home, paddling in the stream on the way there, and looking for tadpoles in the pools.

  492. Crystal

    Our favorite outside activity is simply going on a walk … A nice slow walk… Taking in everything around us!

  493. Sarah

    Oh my goodness, thank you!

    My boys, ages ten and six, love all things insects! Our bug hikes are fun for everyone! Equipped with nets and jars, we explore, study, and create terrariums (always releasing them after a day or two at moms request). I am so grateful we are able to take the time to study and explore and appreciate this wonderful world of ours, at our own pace.

  494. Emily Hamblen

    I have 2 girls (6 and 8). We love camping and hiking along the beaches in the Pacific Northwest.

  496. Mandy

    We have three children, ages 6, 4, 2. Two boys and a girl. Our favorite nature activity is hiking through the woods finding sticks, animal homes, leaves, wildflowers, insects, and rocks and climbing trees.

  500. Danyelle

    I have 7 children with number 8 due in July. Our favorite nature based activity is going on nature treasure hunts. We give them a list of things to find on our nature walks and extra lines to add things they find on their own.

  501. Stephanie Amsel

    We have 2 boys, ages 5 and 3. We live on a canal and we love to canoe or sludge across the canal (when tide is low) over to the other side which is a forest area. We love to explore the canal as we cross. In the woods, we love to walk through and explore the forest. One of their favorite activities is crossing the fallen trees over the small tributaries. Its incredible how nature can heal, calm and inspire all of us. We use Oak Meadow K and love the beauty and simplicity that is found in it. Simple Homeschool as also been a wonderful asset to our daily routine. Thank you for all you do!!!!

  504. Joy

    My daughter is a nature-lover pretty much like her mom. She always wants to run outdoors and likes the feel of the grass on her feet. As we do our “nature trip” in our front and backyards, she never forgets to ask questions. One day, she saw a spider web (for the first time) and asked, “Mommy, what is that?” And that’s one of the ways our “learning” together starts. 🙂

  505. Lenny Soto

    We have 3 children (13,9,& 3). We enjoy anything outdoors, but mainly enjoy camping.
    I already liked oak meadows and simple homeschooling on FB.

  506. Toshia

    My son and I love nature walks and collecting cool things we find. He especially likes rocks and acorns and pinecones.

  509. Carrie Reger

    I have 4 kids. 19, 14, 9, 5. My youngest is starting K next year. She is artsy and would THRIVE with Oak Meadow. We love making wreaths from nature items.

  512. Zhenya

    We have a small beach near us. We like to wander there and slowly take in the changes since we were last there. Lots of erosion.
    I’ve liked Simple Homeschool too. 🙂

  513. Tina

    We love the 4 seasons in Michigan with our orchards and farms. We pick lots of fruit together like berries and peaches. We go home and make homemade pies and jam together. We Love the baby animals at the farms and learning how to milk cows, ride horses and go on lots if hay rides and hikes through the woods from Spring through Winter.

    • Tina

      My children Alessandro is 7 and Maria is 5 and they are great actors, full of imagination. They love to raise butterflies, catch bugs in jars, hold worms and frogs and plant gardens of vegetables and flowers. Alessandro us my scientist that loves to look at things under a microscope.

  515. Jess Kopischke

    My daughter is 3.5 years old and we love exploring, playing and hiking in the woods! I liked Simple Homeschool and Oak Meadow also 🙂 thank you!!

  516. Annie

    Our lives very much revolve around the outdoors and being in nature. There are two kids in our family (7 and 11) and one of our very favourite outdoor activities is to ski. Cross country or touring especially because it’s something we can do with our dog as well. We love being in the snow, gliding over it, making sculptures, drawing in it, looking at the flakes close up… xx
    Annie’s latest post: Extra Grateful This Winter Solstice

  519. Lily

    I have two boys – 21 months, and 6 years old. We love to go for walks down to a lighthouse near our home. Thanks!

  520. Mary Jo

    I have two boys ages 6 and 2. We are ten minutes from the ocean so our favorite nature-based activity is playing in the sand at the beach & strolling along the shore for treasures! We would LOVE to win this – we love OM!

  523. L Helt

    We have 3 kiddos, 10, 7 and 4 and our favorite activity to collect things outside and make “stew.” We pretend an mix all the items together in a bucket. Right now, we are waiting to add snow to our winter “stew.”

  524. Julia

    We raise four kids (10, 8, 6 and 2) in far-away Latvia 🙂
    We really enjoy taking long walks near the river or in the forest, exploring the nature around us.

  526. Jenn

    We have two boys, ages 5 1/2 and 3. We love going to the beach together. My youngest is a sensory seeker, so the beach provides lots of awesome sensory stimulation.

  527. Mildred

    I am homeschooling two: two and six. The Oak Meadow first grade serves us well with the six year old. We live in the unorganized territory of the North Maine Woods. Our favorite nature-based activity together is our morning woods wonderings after breakfast. We usually take the nature trail through the varied boreal forest and tell stories of the forest primevil. Good fun.

  528. Tamara

    I have 5 children 🙂 Our favorite nature-based activities are taking nature walks, journaling, and collecting goodies we find outdoors. We also enjoy digging in the dirt and planting goodies!

  530. Kim

    4 little people age 7, 4, 2 and 2 (plus one coming in April). We live in the country and enjoy going on nature hikes through our tree-belts and checking out the river close to our home! They have nature collections stashed all over our house 🙂
    Kim’s latest post: {this moment}

  533. Jessica B.

    My kids are 8, 6, 4, and a newborn. We love to go on hikes together. We also enjoy walking down to the neighborhood pond and looking for fish, turtles, and heron.

  534. Lori

    I have 3 boys ages 2,4, and 6. We love paying attention to the details of the natural world around us… Whether that is the current phase of the moon, the changing color of the leaves, feeling the different textures of trees, or looking out for butterflies. We just created a pine cone bird feeder and are having a great time seeing which birds are showing up outside our window.

  535. Tracey Gastelum

    We have 3 beautiful girls and we enjoy going to the Colossal Cave and Saguaro National Park just hiking and looking at the beautiful desert life. We look for different kinds of plants. Sometimes we look at the animals, sometimes we look at different kinds of rocks and minerals. It’s great because my husband, who works overnight, gets to join us. It’s a really family outing!!!

  536. Lindsey

    I have 3 kids ages 13, 10, and 7. We especially love exploring tide pool– too bad we live in Colorado. We only get to enjoy tide pools on vacation.

  540. Katherine

    I have twins, and one on the way. The twins are little so we just like to go for walks and to pet/explore our dog. Our dog has fur! That is very, very exciting right now.

  545. Charice L.

    I have two kiddos ages 5 and 7, and our favorite nature activities are scavenger hunts and hiking close to our house!

  546. Emily O

    I have five children ages 7,9,13,15, and 17.
    Even though we live in a metropolis we have acres of natural woods and trails nearby overlooking a river. We like to go to the same climbing trees and grassy spots all throughout the year. We spied on some robins from eggs to fledglings and collect wild berries in season.

  548. Alison Albert

    I have five kids, ages 10, 9, 6, 4, and 1. Our favorite nature activity is our daily walk outdoors. We love noting the changes in seasons and the variety of trees and flowers in our suburban neighborhood. (We like going out for hikes too, but it doesn’t happen as often as I would like!) I am not at all familiar with Oak Meadow, but would love to check it out!

  549. Anina

    My kids favorite activity right now is picking flowers and pressing them to preserve them at home. They like to see how the different flowers look once dried.

  551. Melissa Herrin

    I have one son, and we like to raise butterflies. We just released our first Monarchs a couple of weeks ago. Thanks for the giveaway opportunity!

  554. Loisa Bartlett

    Love Oak Meadow holistic approach. My 9 year old loves it as much as I do. We pray we can afford to continue next school year with OM 5th grade. Living in the Mojave Desert is invaluable to nature studies and environmental issues.

  555. Kristin Huber

    I have 4 kid: ages 9, 7, 5, and 1 month. We currently live in Mazatlán, Mexico on the West Coast, so our current favorite nature study is anything at the beach, especially the tide pools.

  556. Angie

    We liked oak meadow and simple homeschool on FB. Also, we would LOVE this curriculum. I’ve tried many and am still looking for the perfect fit. This sounds wonderful. Our children are 2, 4, 8, and 10. Thank you for your consideration. – Angie, Mike, Rowan, Milo, Abbie, and Frank 🙂

  557. Kristen

    I have 2 children. We love to go on hikes, nature walks and camping! On our big list, we plan to visit all of the National Parks together as a family!

  559. Megan Jackson

    I have 3 children, and we love to go on long walks in the Autumn season searching for fascinating frosted designs, and using items from the outdoors to create crowns.

  562. Molly

    I have two boys, ages 7 and 4. Our favorite outdoor activity to do together is work on our gardens.

    I have liked Simple Homeschool and Oak Meadow.

    Thank you for this opportunity!!

  567. Suzie

    Yay! This is our second year of using Oak Meadow, and I would looooove to be able to get the 2nd grade package for next year! I have three children, ages 6, 2 and a 9-month old. Our favorite nature-based activity is following deer trails and looking for tracks!

  568. Eileen

    Hi, my son is 3.5 Our favorite outdoor activities are hiking and jumping in puddles.
    Thanks for the giveaway! I like both on Facebook.

  569. Megan L.

    I have 2 children, ages 10 and 3. We love going on walks together. And my 10 year old loves to fish. Thanks for the giveaway!

  572. Jackie

    We have 4 kids. Our favorite activity is our daily walk. It’s not special on its own, but because it’s consistent we can see important changes happening. It keeps us grounded in the seasons.

  573. Nancy Buterbaugh

    I have six children ranging in age from 6 to 15. All are boys except the youngest. Our favorite nature activity involves creek hiking and inevitably some rock skipping

  575. Bridie

    Hello,

    I have two children, 4 and 9. We started homeschooling this year, selecting the Gr. 1 Oak Meadow curriculum to guide us. We are so fortunate to live in BC, presently near the ocean and previously in an area with an abundance of lakes. Our favourite nature-based activities definitely revolve around water: swimming for our older child and digging in the sand or exploring the shores for our younger one.

  578. Paula

    We have three beautiful girls and we love building forts outside, learning components of structures, and internal home making!

  581. Aimee

    I had already liked Simple Homeschool and Oak Meadow. Thanks for offering this giveaway – it’s quite a prize!

  582. Brenda Frank

    I have 7 children, 4 that still homeschool. We just love nature walks, especially in the mountains!

  583. Jo Thomas

    I have three children aged 9, 7 and 4 and we love collecting pebbles at the beach and painting rock bugs and bug hunting in our back garden. We love to learn through nature, our happiest days are our outdoor days! 🙂

  584. Brooke

    I have two children, a four year old and a nine month old.
    Our favorite nature-based activity is simply exploring the world around us- lots of walks, running/crawling through the grass, creating art and games with stones. leaves, and bark, and sky gazing.
    Your website is such an inspiration- thank you for all that you share. 🙂

  586. Holly

    I have 6 children ages 3-10. We love to go on walks through our orchards, and explore in the mountains. I also did the “like” on FB.

  589. Jen McKinney

    I have five soon to be six children ages 8 and below. I use 3rd grade Oak Meadow currently with my 8 year old and am looking at doing Kindergarten Oak Meadow Curriculum next year with my twins (will be four then) and five year old. Our favorite nature inspired activity to do together is foraging in the woods for wild herbs and working in our large herb garden! Great giveaway!

  595. Rachel

    I have five (soon-to-be six) kids, all homeschooled, ages 9 and under. 🙂 This is the first time in years that we’ve been blessed to have some “outdoor space” and live rurally. Yesterday, we did a “listening hike,” and a few days before that we enjoyed a nature scavenger hunt together. But, probably the kids’ favorite thing to do is to create things from sticks and stones. 🙂 Most recently, the four oldest (ages 3-9) worked together to paint, wrap, and decorate their own “bows and arrows” from sticks they found. So fun! So creative. Totally separate from mom! 🙂
    Rachel’s latest post: When Motherhood is not the “Best Experience”

  597. Kelli

    My kids are 6 and 3 and we love to go on nature walks through our local park. There’s a stream where we catch tadpoles or minnows and we make wildflower bouquets in the summer. Thanks!

  599. Jessica

    We have 3 children…although since 2 are now teens I guess they’re not “children” any longer, according to them at least. Our favorite nature activity is hiking in the Appalachian Mountains in Eastern Tennessee and Western North Carolina. We regularly attend a gathering of like minded homeschooling families held in the mountains. Its a lovely 4 day event with much hiking and kayaking. Our youngest collects insects, while the older two are happy to collect photographs of memories. It’s our opportunity to disconnect from the electronic/outside world and just enjoy the company of others in the beautiful surroundings of nature.

  601. Mindy

    I have four children and our favorite thing to do out of doors is go on nature walks around our local lake. The kids love pointing out the different kinds of ducks, fish, and plants!

  602. Beverley

    Three kids; 7, 4 and 2. Our fave thing is just to wander outside and explore, we always discover something new.

  603. Kourtney

    3 Children ages 6, 4 and 1. Our favorite nature based activities include hiking, building forts, collecting rocks, and gathering natural materials to use for art projects and collages.

  604. Cathy Townsend

    Two children. We love to walk in the woods and see what nature has to show us – it’s always changing! !

  606. Tracy

    I have one child and one “on the way”! We love to go walking in the woods and explore. Nature has so much to offer!

  607. Lyndsy

    I have two children and we love to hike and play in the woods. My kids find treasures everywhere in nature. We have a rock collection, acorn hats for lego guys, beautiful leaves preserved, pressed flowers and lots more!

  608. Kristen

    I have two children, ages 5 and 3. Our favorite outdoor activity is camping, and everything that goes along with it!

  609. Debra

    I have two children. One of our all time favorite nature activities is exploring the beach. We live by the beach and spend a lot of time there. There is nothing better than watching the kids run on the beach with their shoes off, the smell of the salt in the air and finding the many sea creatures that have washed ashore. Many hours have been spent on a much welcomed sandbar. The kids have found everything from periwinkles, live starfish, crabs, the full shell of a horseshoe crab. The kids never leave without a bucket full of treasures. Once home, I always revel in the sandy feet, the smell of the beach on our skin, the wind tosseled hair and the memories made. We always bring a piece of the beach home with us. To us, their is nothing better!

  612. Samara

    I’m a single mom of the most wonderful 7 year old boy in the world. Our favourite nature based activity is bird watching. We adore the little black-cap chickadees that visit our yard.

  613. claudia

    I have one daughter age 4 soon to be 5 the best is doing nature walks and the different thins that she finds, from beaver lodges to a red leave with polka dots that she called the lady bug leave

  615. Erin D

    I have 3 children and our favourite thing to do (besides hiking and climbing) is to use the trees, bushes and natural rock surfaces on our property to create imaginary scenarios – one day they may be pirates, another day castaways, the next day they may want to act out a scene from a book we’re reading. It lends itself to hours or fresh air and cooperative play & I think I have as much fun as they do!

  616. Taisa

    I have 3 children and we love getting out in nature. Our favorite activities tend to change with the season, but one that stays the same all year round is collecting nature treasures to bring inside with us. Our house is always brimming with special stones and feathers and pine cones!

  617. Dawn Maidl

    I am a long-time homeschooling mom. My children are ages 4, 14, & 16. We started our homeschooling with Oak Meadow, and I am planning to use it again with my youngest. Our favorite outdoor activities are hiking around our beautiful county. Finding the out-of-the-way lakes that not many people visit, or exploring the lava tubes. Anytime that we can spend out of the house, getting the kids involved with our natural world is a good day!

  618. Kat

    I have 3 little ones. We love to do all kinds of nature based activities. There’s so much to do. One of our favorite activities is to go trail hiking. The kids always find fascinating little things to look at and explore.
    Kat’s latest post: The Simple Schedule

  619. Becky V

    I have 4 – not so littles 13,12,10,8 . Our outdoor activities include camping, hunting and hiking.

  620. Becky V

    I have 4 – not so littles 13,12,10,8. Our outdoor activities include camping, hunting and hiking.

  621. Jenni M

    We have two beautiful girls (4 & 2) and a little boy on the way (March). Here in the town where we live in the UK we are surrounded by beautiful rolling hills, we love to take walks, especially at this time of year the leaves are all changing colour and falling from the trees. Today we collected some leaves and made some pictures! Gods creation is so amazing!

  622. Birdie

    Our 4 children and 5 grandchildren love anything that involves food and fun so we are in the boat in the summer hunting for manatee or at the zoo in the winter for a picnic of hot cocoa and polar bear watching! Collecting items for a daily reminder of God’s Grace or sketching them into a journal later keeps the outdoors fresh and real.

  623. Denise

    My children are 6 and 9 1/2. One of our favorite nature activities is bird watching. We love to watch our neighborhood birds and the kids are always on a look out for more birds to discover and learn about. In fact I keep a little notebook in my bag when we’re out and about just in case we spot a new bird. The kids love to draw pictures of the birds they’ve seen and look them up in our bird book at home.

  625. Kristen

    Three kids. Our favorite place is my parent’s lake cottage. We swim, canoe, listen to loons, fish. So much fun!

  626. Amber

    We have a 2 children, a 7 year old boy and 5 year old girl. We love traveling to the mountains and hiking. We also love to hunt for items we have talked about in our science lessons in our neighborhood.

  627. Leisa

    Four kids! We love to take daytrips to the ocean and mountains to hike and see what new plants and animals we can see.

  632. Jess welsh

    I have four children ages 5, 4, 1.5 and three days old. We enjoy bush walks and collecting sticks. The boys love painting them, building teepees, and making weaving frames. We start home schooling in January.

  633. Michele Flowers

    I have 3 kids and we love to wander around new outdoor places. My daughter loves fishing, my youngest has a serious “found items” collection!

  634. Katherine

    I have three (soon to be four later this month) – 5 years, 3 years, and 18 months. Our favorite nature activity is taking a walk and picking flowers (or leaves or whatever other fun things we find).

  635. Amy

    I have four kids and are greatest time in nature is playing in sand, dirt, and mud…and overturning rocks to look at the world beneath

  636. Marina

    We’re soon to have 3 boys! We just love camping! At the end of winter my boys get the camping bug, and start camping in our living room! 🙂

  637. Montserrat

    I have ten children who all enjoy the outdoors which is a good thing since we live on a farm! Our favorite nature based activities vary with the seasons. In winter we enjoy catching snowflakes on black construction paper and looking at the intricate patterns. Spring finds us searching for the first blooms and recording them in our nature journals. Summer brings hiking in the mountains. In Autumn we the kids enjoy looking for abandoned nests in trees.
    Montserrat’s latest post: Ahhh, November

  638. Karen

    We live in Japan and enjoy hiking and exploring the gardens of nearby temples and shrines! Love this giveaway!

  640. Sally

    We have 3 children and we love to walk along the boardwalk at the lake and see what wildlife we can find (they LOVE the soldier and other crabs) and then draw them in our nature journal when we return home.

  643. Shannon

    We have one child a 6 year old girl. Our day usually starts with a naturewalk which I guess is our favorite nature activity. Right now with all the colorful leaves we’ve made a lot of crafts. Making masks was especially a lot of fun.

    Thanks for the giveaway!

  644. Roberta

    I am the lucky mom to one beautiful free spirited five year old. Our favorite things to do are hike, swim, and paint outside

  646. Zakkiya

    I am an avid reader of your blog and love your choice of topics very much. Thank you for taking the time to write and run such a organized and relevant website. I have and homeschool 6 kids, and we like to go bird watching and to explore and discover anything new about nature and science at museums and exhibits. Please enter me in your giveaway. Thank you, God Bless.

  648. Jana

    I have 3 children and love exploring new places outside with the kids and seeing them learn new things about the things we find.

  649. Gretchen O.

    I have 2 children ages 7 and 9 and we are still in our first year of home school! We take advantage of the State and National parks in our area and hike and explore often.

  650. Beth Flumignan

    Our favorite nature activity is simply being in nature with my family. We love walking, exploring, meditating, etc in nature.

  652. Becky D.

    We have 4 children. 2 grown daughters and an 8yr old daughter and an almost 3 yr old son. Most frequent are walks in the over 200 acre park down the street from us. The kids love gardening in our little rectangle garden. And although it was inside we did a butterfly garden this past spring and watching them grow was the best.

  654. Jessica H

    My children are three and one. We live in a wooded area so one of our favorite things to do outside is go for walks and find/throw rocks and leaves and pine cones.

  656. Joanne Trewick

    Hi.
    I have 5 kids, we live in northern Australia. Our favourite family nature activity is spending time at our hut on the Daintree river, catching fish and crabs to eat, observing the mangrove ecosystem and carefully avoiding the big crocs.

  658. sarah

    I have 4 children. Our favorite nature activity is going on a fall nature hunt. We gather leaves and other bits for their nature journals.

  660. Heidi

    Wonderful giveaway! I have two boys and our favorite outdoor activity is going to our completely outdoor zoo. The kids are enthusiastic little naturalists and it’s the perfect way to spend an afternoon outside!

  663. Sara S.

    I have two girls and one baby one the way. We love to go on walks and the girls gather anything that they love. Then my oldest loves to use those things to create a picture.

  665. shelley fisher

    We love Oak Meadow! I have one son who is seven years old and we love to garden and hand out our extra foodstuffs to the neighbors.

  667. Lauren

    I have 2 enthusiastic nature explorers, ages 5 and 2. Birding, hiking, camping, nature scavenger hunts and outdoor story times are favorite family activities here.

  668. JJ

    Our kids are 6 years, 4 years, and 2 weeks. 🙂 They love being outdoors especially when it involves bugs!

  669. Amanda

    I have two children; Peggy is four, and Patrick is five, and our favorite nature-based activity is to go on “adventures” around the neighborhood. I’ll gather together a pocketful of trinkets from around the house (usually items from our nature table / fairy table), and we trek through the fields and streets, on a magical mission to find a dragon, locate treasure, escape a wizard, etc. Every observation is relevant to our on-the-spot story; fresh blacktop has been recently melted by a dragon passing by, sidewalk chalk symbols spell out coded messages, little sparrows in a bush are tweeting directions to the castle. As we adventure along, I let a trinket spill out of my pocket here or there, and supplement the story. “A pearl necklace! The Princess must have passed this way!” During one recent adventure, we collected a line of neighborhood children one by one, all captivated with the story, and eager to see it out to the end! 😀 http://www.thecookietrain.blogspot.com

  670. Carina Shipe

    We have 4 children ages 3-10. Our new favorite thing to do is hiking and finding geocaches. We have also learned a ton about trees and ecosystems in the process.

  671. Andrea syfrett

    I have four daughters. Our favorite nature activity is nature walks with journal work. My girls love to draw in their nature books what we just observed.

  673. Jen Hay

    We have two children and we like to sit outside and watch the change of bugs (like the busy working bees in the early morning transitioning into the dancing damselflies and dragonflies) while playing outside.

  674. Julie

    I have 2 daughters (ages 3 & 5), and our favorite nature activity to do is to observe wildlife wherever we go.

  676. Denise G

    I have a preschool boy and a second grade girl and our favorite nature activity is to go on hikes and make nature bracelets with tape and pretty finds from the walk.

  678. Michelle

    5 children ages 7, 6, 4, 2, and 3 months. We love to explore Yellowstone national park every summer. 🙂

  679. Marika

    We have 4 girls 12,9, 6 and 3, we love going on hikes and finding flowers, leaves, pine cones etc and making ” jewelry” from our treasures, we also make ” dolls” and ” “clothing” from them to make up shows and stories!!! or paining rocks to give away to friends and family! We use lots of things we find in nature… we pick berries and make jams, pies etc. Husband goes and find sticks to make birdhouses and fairy villages, furniture etc. I guess I could go on and on! lol, we are BIG nature people!

  680. Lily

    I have four children (9,6,4,2). We love playing outside with leaves and just walk and sit on grass. I hope to learn more about growing with my children thru oak meadow’s curriculum.

    I like both of you on Facebook.

  681. Amy T

    I have 3 children (ages 1, 3, 5) and being outdoors is a huge part of why I chose to homeschool. Outside or from our kitchen window, our favorite activity is bird watching and reading about our finds in the book of birds we own. I have been interested in your curriculum and would love to win!

  682. Ariel

    We have three children- they are 5, 4, and 18 months; and we are expected another in February 🙂 Our favorite nature activity is gardening. They especially love planting the seeds they find while eating fruits and veggies!

  683. Kristy

    I have two boys (5 and 6) with another on the way! Our favorite nature-based activity is exploring tide pools!

  684. Amy

    I’ve got three littles, they’re 8 months, 3 and 5. We moved from Hawaii to California this summer so our favorite activity is playing in the backyard and exploring the things that are new to them, like squirrels and pinecones and leaves that change colors 🙂

    (liked Oak Meadow and Simple Homeschooling on fb!)

  686. KW

    Every autumn Nana, young daughter and I make several trips to collect the leaves from the local park to mulch our gardens and add to our compost bins. We also pick up the prunings from a neighbour’s garden to chip and add to the mix. It’s become one of the highlights of our calendar that we all look forward to and now, after several years, we have a little pocket of urban paradise, both practical and beautiful to enjoy and learn from.

  687. Crystal

    My kids are 1,3, and 5 and we love hiking! I like both simple homeschooling and Oak Meadow on FB!

  688. Melonie Collmann

    I have two daughters, ages 5 and 6. We currently love walking around our neighborhood admiring the leaves turning colors and falling off the trees. My 5 year old actually had an acorn fall on her head last week 🙂 We especially love catching squirrels carrying nuts and other food off to their secret hiding places.

  690. Melonie Collmann

    “Liked” Oak Meadow on FB! Have already “liked” Simple Homeschool prior to today.

  691. Carolyn

    I have one child. We love to hike in the woods and observe all the wildlife and cool rocks, trees, etc.

  692. Jessie

    I have two children ages 7 and 10. We have a blast hiking nearby trails and sharing our discoveries: forest millipedes, piles of broken slate that look like arrowheads, acorn caps and interesting leaves, wild raspberries…

  695. Emily

    My children are 5, 2, and a baby due in January. We love just being out in nature and finding surprises to explore.

  696. Haidee Michie Heyward DeLuca

    I have one son. Our favorite nature activity is our Tuesday play day in the woods. We spend the better part of the day in the same patch of woods with a few other kids. Lots of time for child directed exploring, climbing, imaginative play, etc.

  697. Kate

    I have 5 kids, & our favorite nature activity this year has been exploring the pond & field behind our new house.

  702. Melinda

    I have 3 boys, ages 8, 6 and 1. Our favorite nature activity is going to our local state park and exploring the shoreline along the river.

  703. Julie D

    We have two children and our favorite nature based activity lately has been hiking the beautiful mountain trails in our new town.

  708. Judea Sires Khan

    I have 3 children grades 2,3, and 5. We live in India about 10 months out of the year. We love exploring the ancient ruins, culture, outdoors. We are fortunate to live about 15 miles from a World Heratige Site. My children have always traveled with us. Our other passion is gardening. In the USA we have always had gardens. Here in India due to lack of space we have a container garden in pots on our balcony. We also have pets, cats, guinne pigs and fish.

  709. Kerry

    We have 3 kids and we our most favourite nature based activity is probably being in the garden, exploring and observing the changes

  712. Dawn Fong

    I have 2 kids (3.5, 5) and our favorite nature-based activity to do is taking simple walks in nature and observing all that we can see. Simple, but awesome. 🙂

  713. Catherine

    I have 5 children from 6 to 16. We enjoy seeing the changes of seasons in our local botanic gardens.

  717. Jean P

    We have one son at home, 2 grown daughters. Our home is in the countryside and nature is all around us. Our favorite activity is going on walks and seeing all there is to see. Lately we have been learning about the snowline.

  718. Kaye Herbert

    I have 4yr old & 2 yr old boys and another on the way! We love spending time outside together & we can all agree on hunting for insects & studying them under the magnifying glass. 🙂

  720. Bethany B.

    I have two kids and our favorite activity lately has been taking care of and watching the butterfly garden that my son started and I added to. It’s been such a joy for us this summer!

  722. Stephanie Olmsted

    I have three children, two are school age and one is an infant. We love to go on nature walks and visit our local Botanical Garden.

  723. Nicole S

    We have three boys and our current favorite nature activity is watching birds and bugs in our own yard.

  726. Dominique

    I’ve got two kids spread out quite a bit. Favorite nature activity for the younger one is walking about collecting things, branches, acorns, leaves, whatever, and making structures and designs from them. For the older, sadly she is at a stage where she’d prefer to avoid nature. But with a little urging, she’ll spend hours under a tree reading or on a dock dangling a foot in the water. Always with a notebook and pen, or a book to read.

  729. Christie

    I have a 3 year old son and another little boy on the way. My 3 year old and I love to take nature walks along the trails of a nearby park. He especially likes to throw sticks and leaves off of the bridge into the stream.
    Also, I already Like Simple Homeschool and Oak Meadow on Facebook.

  730. Suzan Sultan

    I have four children ages 9, 7, 5, and 3. We love camping and hiking through any park. We also love farming and observing animals in their natural habitats.

  735. Karen

    My son is 13 and my daughter is 10 and we love walking the mountain trails in our area, taking pictures of different plants and identifying them when we get home.

  736. Kendra

    I 2 children, ages 6 and 4. We are just beginning our jouney of homeschooling. Our favorite nature activity is to walk in our local mountains and look at the flowers that bloom throughout the summer. But my son, might disagree, he loves to throw rocks at the river!

  738. Rébecca

    I have 5 children ages 2 to 10. We like to walk outdoors and find interesting rocks, leaves, sticks…

  739. Cecelia Parker

    We have 2 boys and another baby due early February. The boys love nature discovery and we do something outside everyday! Here in Costa Rica our favorite nature fun includes treasure hunting on the beaches for seabeans, amazing rocks and shells, and beautiful sea glass. We now have a few amazing collections made up of beautiful colors, textures and shapes. Nature’s treasures are the best!

  740. Lisa

    I have 3 children and our favorite nature activity is discovering new places that can only be reached on foot.

  745. Krista M

    2 children at home with me (ages 5 and 2) and one on the way! We love walking in the woods during the Fall and collecting leaves for a leaf collage– a simple thing but something that fosters lots of conversation and artistic expression. Thanks for the great giveaway!

  751. Tracy Buchanan

    I have 5 children and we love walking around our local wildlife sanctuary, climbing the trees there, seeing the birds, taking photos. There’s even an area where there’s dirt bmx jumps where our kids love to ride their bikes.

  753. Erin G.

    I have three children and we love going on family hikes – especially when there might be berry-picking involved!

  756. Molly Edwards

    We have six and we enjoy roughing it outdoors, playing in the dirt and hanging with the horses.

  757. Sara

    I have 3 children (6, 4, and 6 mos.) and we love to gather bits and pieces of nature and make interesting concoctions in our mudpie kitchen.

  758. Andrea G.

    I have three children. We have made nature journaling in our garden the first homeschool activity of the day. We look, record data, and draw and write about whatever wonderful thing is happening around our home. It grounds my kids, easily focusing their attention. If we are lucky, they carry that focus with them to their other school work.

  760. Lauren Kennedy

    We have two beautifully wild children ages 3&5 and our motto is “big houses are for those who live indoors!” Our favorite outdoor activity would have to be exploring, our yard, the local nature trail, a national park, the barn, the city sidewalk, there are things to discover everywhere!

  763. Kate

    I have 2 kids ages 7 & 10. we love hiking and collecting things for our nature table. and tree climbing!

  765. Danielle Young

    I have two littles. So far, our favorite nature activity is looking for lady bugs in the garden. 🙂

  768. joy Kilpatrick

    I have one daughter who is 7. We love making mud pies and castles with stick figures down by the Animas River as one of our favorite outdoor journeys. Though we are so blessed to live in an environment where Nature calls us to explore and play daily.

    P.S. i liked both FB pages! 🙂
    joy Kilpatrick’s latest post: Self Love (Atma Prema)

  769. Carrie

    I have a daughter who is 5 years old and we love to make fairy houses using materials we find out in the woods.

  770. Becky Weiland

    I have 4 boys and our favourite wildlife activity (recently) was ‘growing’ caterpillars, watching their transformation and releasing them into our garden

  771. Polly

    I have two children who love digging and playing in the dirt, especially when that includes found objects (sticks, stones, pinecones, etc) and WATER.

  774. Leia

    Hey. We have three kiddos. (12, 11, & 9) We’re Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts and we love camping. My daughter loves cooking outside and my son loves exploring the woods. Our youngest daughter is learning to climb trees and enjoying every minute. We love finding things to show the kids. Cicadas, spiders with their webs and prey if we’re lucky, different plants, etc. I could go on. Nature = fun fun

  776. Leslie

    I have two kids. We love to simply watch the sky. Checking out the clouds, watching the birds and insects, paying attention to the light…..it’s our favorite!

  777. Brianna St CLair

    I have three children, two girls ages 9 and 7 and a 3 year old boy. Our favorite nature activity is nature walks. We love exploring the beauty of nature and collecting treasures for future projects.

  783. Molly

    I have two children. Out favorite outdoor activity is gardening. And making the connection of farm to table

  786. Rebecca Hazel

    We have 1 child and are praying for more! Our favorite nature based activity is “name that plant!” And “how many different plants can you find growing here?”

  790. Kathy Arabe

    I have 3 daughters and we love gardening together, going on nature walks through different habitats and collecting and identifying rocks, shells, leaves, flowers, etc. that we encounter on our walks.

  791. Danit

    I have 5 kids, we live on Maui, HI and one of our favorite activities is hiking through a big beautiful forest with trees so tall, you can’t see the sky. there is a beautiful trail that leads you to a lookout where you can see the entire island, it is breathtaking!

  793. Britney Cooper

    I have two girls, 4 and almost 6, that like to collect leaves and acorns and compare them when we get home.

  799. andie

    2 kids! We love hiking, picking olives right off the trees in our neck of the woods (we’re hoping to take them to a factory to get fresh olive oil pressed…), and cooking over a fire in the great outdoors.
    andie’s latest post: christmas time

  801. Jessica Franklin

    We homeschool two children. Although, our son is 3 years old he said, ” I’m in Pre-School”, and he sits with my daughter, who is 5, and in Kindergarten through Oak Meadow. We live in Alaska, and the weather is getting colder. Still, we agree, that our favorite outdoor activities are looking for mushrooms (mainly in the summer months), and making “footprints, or handprints, or body prints” through the woods. Rain, Sun, Snow, or Ice, we go out once a day and make footprints with the different type of weather provided. My daughter uses this time to draw her letters, or numbers so the birds can see them. It is really fun to homeschool with Oak Meadow in Alaska. Love, The Franklins

  802. Salil Kamat

    I have two daughters and we love to go to the zoological park and walk for 3-4 hours, watching, reading, and learning about the animals in the enclosures.

  803. Megan

    I’ve been blessed with one beautiful child, and our favorite thing to do in nature changes with the seasons…For the last couple months it’s been foraging for mushrooms and more recently nuts, but that’s about to be over for us. Come snow it’ll be building forts and learning to build fires and trying to track animals to learn more about their behavior!

    I’ve like both Oak Meadow and Simple homeschool!

  804. Daniela Andre

    Knowing friends that are using Oak Meadow Curriculum, we would love to enjoy the luxury of using these Steiner based activities!!!

  806. Jodi

    My 2 children are 9 and 6, our favorite activity is simply walking in the woods. The opportunity to explore what is around us leads to great conversation and the chance watch “nature” up close and personal.

  807. Jessica Crockett

    I have two children and one more on the way. Our favorite nature-based activity to do together is go on nature walks around our 24 acre ranch. We find flowers, bugs, rocks, sticks, dig holes and plant seeds, discuss various types of wild animal droppings, and we sing songs. They are both preschool age and they love our daily nature walks. The walks are our favorite time of the day 🙂

  808. Rebecca B

    We have two children. Our favorite nature activities include going to the beach and the zoo. The zoo is one of the few areas with wide open spots of grass here in the Middle East. We like to take a picnic and sink our feet into the grass:)

  810. Myrrh

    i homeschool through oak meadow for highschool and loved it. Our two girls are two months and almost two so we love taking walks and collecting treasures like acorns and beautiful leaves. 🙂

  812. Hannah

    My two boys and I love to go for walks and see the daily differences in the world around us. As they are very hands-on boys, lots of rocks, leaves, etc come home with us and end up in art projects.

  814. Taryn Paladiy

    I homeschool my 8-year-old daughter. Our favorite nature activity is to walk on trails in the woods and look up at the trees and leaves above our heads and just breathe. My daughter loves mountain streams, finding ways across them, floating things across them, luxuriating in the mosses near them, finding everything there is to explore.

  817. Ashley P.

    We currently are homeschooling my 5yo and soon our 10yo and 12yo adopted daughters! Our favorite nature activity are nature walks around the neighborhood.

  818. Toni C.

    I have 3 children. We love to go out and find what animals left tracks on our land. With Yule coming we have been collecting nuts and bits of moss and leaves to make ornaments out of nature.

  819. Kristine Ferrel

    We have 3 kids. Our favorite outdoor activity is playing outside! The kids come up with the best activities when they have plenty of time to play.

  822. sarahlvenn

    I have a 5 year old, a 3 year old, and an 8 month old. We love to go on nature walks together and collect flowers, rocks, acorns, bugs, etc…

  825. Danielle drown

    I have 2 boys ages 7 and 5 and we love going on nature walks. We collect things like acorns and leaves, we talk about the seasons and animals and weather. We paint what we saw, paste things into our journals and enjoy each others company!

  829. Katie Bryant

    I have four wonderful boys, all amazing in their own way! Our favorite nature activity is hiking and finding what surprises await us eachtime!!

  831. Keila June

    Currently himeschooling three children. Still haven’t found “the” curriculum that works for us. We love to explore the ocean and nature trails at parks.

  832. Aubrey R

    I have two kiddos and our favorite activity is just walking around and checking out the trees and animals (usually small). Thanks for the giveaway!

  835. Kate

    I have 3 kids, my oldest is 5 and she loves learning. Our favorite nature activity together is simply walking. We observe everything around us and she looks for rocks (she collects them).

  836. Denise

    My last one left enjoying learning at home is 7
    We love to play in nature, walking, running, flying kites, paddling in the ocean, building, jumping, collecting leaves, cookers, acorns
    What’s not to love
    Happy days x

  838. Paula

    Thank You for this offer.
    My children are 11, 9, and 6 1/2 years – oh my, when did that happen? We love to hike, exlpore the woods, coasts, and everything in between – climbing, collecting, building, along with biking, camping, and paddling whenever we can.

  839. Aiko

    I have three children, and have just started home schooling again after a couple years off. We are really enjoying studying botany, mostly through making studies with crepe paper.
    Would love the further guidance of a grade five curriculum.
    Thanks

  840. Shannon Staloch

    I am so curious about Oak Meadow! I have three kids 8,4,2. Our favorite outdoor activity is camping for sure! Thank you.

  841. Denise

    I have four children, and our favorite outdoor activity is going to the beach. They love searching for interesting rocks and shells, examining fish and crabs in shallow pools, and seeing the dolphins swimming off shore.

  843. Charis Vander Plaats

    Hello, I have 3 children and was actually reading about Oak Meadow the other day!! It resonates within me and would love for my boys to take part. The cost is an issue for me however. I have three children and we enjoy walking around our home and property observing our koi fish in our pond, and walking out beyond the fields behind our home and of course collecting eggs and watching our chickens do what chickens do!

  844. Adrienne

    I am a mother of two. One is soon to be 3 and the other is nearing 8 months of life on Earth. I’m hoping to home school my children when they are of school age. As for now, my oldest most enjoys visits to our local botanical garden. We usually spend 2 hours out in their children’s garden and transition over to the indoor kids corner for some nature inspired craft time.

    Fingers crossed!

  846. Autumn Williamson

    We have two children currently homeschooling with a third on the way. Although we have a small homestead and spend much of our time outside with the garden and animals, our favorite activity is hiking out to the woods behind our home and playing in the creek then picking any berries or apples we find on the hike back home 🙂
    Autumn Williamson’s latest post: Our New Addition

  848. Samantha

    I am a Mom of seven wonderful kids, ages 20 down to 8. One of our favorite nature-based activities is hiking through the Civil War battlefields in our area.
    I already like Oak Meadow and Simple Homeschool on Facebook.

  849. Staci

    I have two children and we like to collect leaves and pine cones and make crafts from them in the fall. We also bring out sketchbook with us on walks

  852. Erin Grant

    I have a two and almost six year old. Our fave nature activity is simply time. Yesterday my daughter finally finally was able to climb a tree she’s been working at for a year. I knew she’d get there someday and she did!

  854. Renee

    I have four daughters. Their ages are six, five, three and one. The oldest is officially homeschooled, while the others are good sports and involve themselves as much as they can. Our favorite nature activities are split between nature walks and planting seeds at the beginning of each season. Nature hikes help them to dream big and planting helps them to plan big.

  855. amalia

    I have two nine year olds. We love raking leaf piles to jump in! And making fairy houses, gardening, hiking, swimming and kayaking in the river.

  858. Cherstie Woolf

    I have 5 children and our favorite thing to do in nature is go on a thankful scavenger hunt where we pick out beautiful things in nature that we are thankful for that were created for us.

  859. Amanda Price

    I have 5 kids aged between 9 & 3. We like just picking up anything that interests us while outside, perhaps drawing it once we get inside and looking it up when we are able. Doesn’t always happen, but more often then not there are questions galore about something we’ve seen while on our walks.

  860. Missy

    My 2 sons and I LOVE to hike! We seek out new trails as often as possible and love discovering new sights on each trail we check out.

  861. Breanna Osborne

    I have two children and we love to find ways every day to incorporate nature into everything we do from cooking to art.

  865. cs

    I have 6 children. We love to hike in the State Parks near our home, find unmarked swimming holes, & photograph nature.

  866. DY

    We have 4 children, 3 of which have sensory issues and are deeply in-tune with nature. They thrive when they are learning outside. Our favorite nature-based activity is painting flowers and trees and collecting and studying leaves.

  868. Bridget Flynn

    I have four children, ages 9, 6, 2 and 2 weeks. We love exploring Natural Bridges in Santa Cruz looking for Monarch Butterflies!

  872. Amanda Allen

    our favorite outdoor activity is to lay on our patio at night when the neighborhood has quieted and stare at the stars.

  878. Karen B

    We have three children and one more in March. The oldest is almost 6. We’re outside everyday. Most of that time consist of eating fresh peas and blackberries, riding bikes (and taking apart and fixing), exploring secret hideouts, watching the cows and colors of the sunset in our neighbor’s pasture. Looking forward to building snowmen and forts this winter.

  885. Elizabeth

    I have one child and am pregnant with another.
    Every week my son and I drive 45 minutes to a mental health clinic for low income individuals. We fill a vase on the front desk with flowers. Then, due to the long drive back home…we walk for two hours or so. We found a nature trail that weaves through a university campus…the other day we watched a squirrel in a tree eating an apple (new experience for us all!), we get soaked in the rain, we splash in puddles, we watch running water in creeks, we eat sitting on the ground, we pick up sticks, we picked an apple from a tree and shared it…we explore. Then we drive the 45 minutes back home, ready to do it again the next week.

  886. Tracey

    I have a three year old and a one year old and we live being outside. Our favorite thing to do is find different bugs, especially ladybugs!

  889. Gigi Butterworth

    I Iiked both on Facebook. I’m working on having my backyard a certified nature habitat. I have 3 grandsons and will be involved in their homeschooling. They will be able to fish and butterfly garden while learning.

  891. Anna

    I have 6 children and one of our favorite nature activities is documenting the insects and plants in our backyard. Our yard isn’t huge, but we have room for a small garden, a butterfly garden, and a few flower beds. It’s amazing the discoveries the children make every time they venture out! Each child has a Nature Journal to record his/her findings.

  893. Christine

    We have three children. We enjoy taking our 15 year old and 9 year old to the park to look for acorns and leaves!

  894. Joy

    I have one adventurous little toddler who loves our nearly daily walks into the woods behind our home. We love watching how the seasons and colors and sounds change!

  896. Leah

    I have two girls, 5 and 3. Our favorite nature based activities include caring for our chickens, dogs, gardening, and tractor rides.

  897. Shelly

    We have twin 5-yr-old girls with special needs. We have found that learning opportunities provided outdoors helps them self regulate, as there are many things in nature that meet their sensory needs.

  900. Dena Cirpili

    I have three boys- twin 11 year olds and a 6 year old. Our favorite nature-based activity is gardening. In the winter we tend to all of the plants in our front sunroom.

  902. Taryn Yantes

    This looks really cool! I have four kids, ages 6, 4, 2, and 3mo. Our favorite outdoor activity is to go hiking and exploring in the parks near our house. We get out as often as we can!

  904. Marie-Chantale oel

    I have 4 children, 8, 5 and 3 y.o. twins. We love the outdoor, gardening, biking and hiking.

  905. Joleen

    Our kiddos are 4, 6, and 8. We love BIGGER adventures such as camping and canoe trips but everyday we try to get out explore around our home.

  909. Adair Bates

    I have three amazing children. My son is 12, daughter 10, and youngest daughter 4. Our favorite nature based activity is going for nature hunts and growing our own food in our organic garden.

  911. TARRYN

    I have 2 children, 10 & 3. Our favorite nature activity is fishing, riding bikes or simply picking flowers on walks…

  917. Wendy

    I have 2 children, and we love to go camping. We also love our Fresh Air Learning
    class in Vancouver, British Columbia.

  921. Julee Brinton

    Our children are 8 and 4. We live in Thailand and love to make surfboards in our pond from the huge bean pods that fall from the trees.

  922. Leslee

    I have two children, 5 & 7. Our favorite outdoor activity is the nature treasure hunt. Looking for a pretty rock, feather, leaf or acorn. Whatever inspires us on a given day. We then use our treasures for art or just make collections. We also enjoy camping, biking, hiking and bird watching.

  924. Sarah

    One child, age 5, favorite outdoor activity is building dams across streams flowing down the beach. This has evolved into building small waterways, channels, waterfalls, and “lakes” with mud, sticks, rocks, seaweed, shells, and sea glass.

  925. Fay

    I homeschool my son (9) and daughter (8), and our favourite outdoor activities are hiking and riding bicycles. It’s a lovely giveaway – thanks!

  927. Keka Carolan

    Yes , we love your curriculum … We have two kids 8 and 9 and live in Bali. We get up early most mornings and go down to the beach to find treasure for our nature table… No morning is ever the same as we find so many things on the beach from washed up coconut pods to very old coins washed up from the daily Hindu offerings … Recently we collected loads of huge bamboo drift wood to bring back home to make our Native American wigwam ,as that is what we are doing right now from your 3rd grade curriculum ….. Coconut blessings to Oak Meadow from Kenza and Jack in Bali 🙂