{"id":874,"date":"2010-01-20T11:32:12","date_gmt":"2010-01-20T17:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/parentingzoo.com\/members\/?p=874"},"modified":"2010-01-20T11:33:37","modified_gmt":"2010-01-20T17:33:37","slug":"nature-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parentingzoo.com\/members\/?p=874","title":{"rendered":"Discover Nature in Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday as I was blog hopping about looking for fun things to do with my girls for homeschooling I discovered this great book for doing nature studies with young ones.&nbsp; The book is called Discover Nature in Winter by Pat Archer.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>This author actually has several nature discovery books but since we&#8217;re in winter now, and doing nature studies is 2 feet of snow isn&#8217;t always easy, this one in particular seemed to be the most practical. <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/081172719X?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=funevents4gir-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=081172719X\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 800px;\" src=\"http:\/\/i858.photobucket.com\/albums\/ab148\/parentingzoo\/natureinwinterbook.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>Her books are very detailed and give ideas for fun, practical lesson plans and ideas to explore for the whole family &#8211; from little ones to us old folks! &nbsp;For those of you who don&#8217;t homeschool, this is a great supplement to their schooling and a wonderful way to pull away from the TV or computer and interact as a family together!<\/p>\n<p>Check out Pat Archers other nature discovery books too:<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/s858.photobucket.com\/albums\/ab148\/parentingzoo\/?action=view&amp;current=natureinwinterbook.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0811730778?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=funevents4gir-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0811730778\">Discover Nature Close to Home: Things to Know and Things to Do (Discover Nature Series)<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=funevents4gir-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0811730778\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: medium none  ! important; margin: 0px ! important;\" width=\"1\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\">Discover Nature Close to Home: Things to Know and Things to Do (Discover Nature Series)<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=funevents4gir-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0811730778\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: medium none  ! important; margin: 0px ! important;\" width=\"1\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0811725278?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=funevents4gir-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0811725278\">Discover Nature at Sundown: Things to Know and Things to Do (Discover Nature Series)<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=funevents4gir-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0811725278\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: medium none  ! important; margin: 0px ! important;\" width=\"1\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\">Discover Nature at Sundown: Things to Know and Things to Do (Discover Nature Series)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=funevents4gir-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0811725278\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: medium none  ! important; margin: 0px ! important;\" width=\"1\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0811727319?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=funevents4gir-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0811727319\">Discover Nature in Water &amp; Wetlands: Things to Know and Things to Do (Discover Nature Series)<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=funevents4gir-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0811727319\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: medium none  ! important; margin: 0px ! important;\" width=\"1\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\">Discover Nature in Water &amp; Wetlands: Things to Know and Things to Do (Discover Nature Series)<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=funevents4gir-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0811727319\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: medium none  ! important; margin: 0px ! important;\" width=\"1\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0811730093?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=funevents4gir-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0811730093\">Discover Nature Around the House: Things to Know and Things to Do<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=funevents4gir-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0811730093\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: medium none  ! important; margin: 0px ! important;\" width=\"1\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\">Discover Nature Around the House: Things to Know and Things to Do<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t they look like great books? &nbsp;I&#8217;m throwing them all in my amazon shopping cart now and will add them in once in a while to an order to get it to the free shipping point! 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