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10 Nature Journaling Notes

Walking in High Cotton Posted on October 2, 2012 by Jamie OliverMay 17, 2019 4
10 Tips on how (and why) to do simple nature study notebooks with young children. via Walking in High Cotton

We started nature journals with the kiddos over the summer. While I haven’t been completely faithful with them, they’ve been a great activity and we catch up every couple of weeks. We’re certainly not stopping and they’re not just about nature now. We’re recording gratitude lists, family trips, and just snippets of our everyday life together. Here’s a few tips I’ve picked up over the last couple months… 1. Take lots of pictures. This way you don’t lose things just because you don’t draw well or you forgot in the … Continue Reading…

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Winter Nature Study Ideas

Walking in High Cotton Posted on January 9, 2013 by Jamie OliverNovember 29, 2018 1
Winter Nature Study Ideas {via Walking in High Cotton}

Winter in south-eastern Virginia is a toss-up. Sometimes we get snow. Sometimes we just get ice all winter. And sometimes we get, well, not much of anything. This year has been pretty mild, which has been nice since we got so much outdoors-y stuff for the family this year. The kids have been loving our backpacking “practice hikes” around our fields–which is just our normal walks, but with our new gear on. (Well, Mr. Fix-It just puts his pack on to be a good sport with the family–but the rest … Continue Reading…

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Resources and Ideas for a Family Unit Study on Archaeology

Walking in High Cotton Posted on June 7, 2018 by Jamie OliverJune 7, 2018  
Resources for a fun summer unit study for the whole family about Archaeology, including movies, books, and activities...via Walking in High Cotton

Well, the school year is starting to wrap up. Now that our Spring Break road trip is behind us, I’m focused on pulling together some unit study materials for the summer. Our family topics this year are marine biology and archaeology, and this year we’re really focusing on professions in those fields. We want the kids to start seeing and understanding what following your passion really looks like, day-to-day. What jobs do people do if they love history or ocean animals? Archaeology started out as a bit of a stretch for … Continue Reading…

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How to Build a Pirate Ship from Corks

Walking in High Cotton Posted on October 13, 2017 by Jamie OliverOctober 13, 2017  
How to build a pirate ship from corks--that actually floats! Fun activity to go along with a pirate or explorers unit study! via Walking in High Cotton

We’re a little behind around here, but we wrapped up our summer unit study on pirates (our astronomy unit study is continuing because we’re just loving it too much to stop!) and I wanted to share some of the fun projects we did! One of our hands-on projects was to build a pirate ship that would really float from corks! Flexibility has become our family motto! With relaxed learning plans, there’s no need to feel behind or rushed. If it takes longer, that’s ok. You just keep fitting it in, … Continue Reading…

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History, Adventure, and Treasure…The Ultimate Guide to Studying Pirates

Walking in High Cotton Posted on July 7, 2017 by Jamie OliverJuly 19, 2017 8
History, Adventure, Treasure...the Ultimate Guide to Studying PIRATES. A fun family unit study via Walking in High Cotton

In the spring I mentioned that we would have two family unit studies this summer. One is our Astronomy unit study–which is continuing casually through the whole summer and has been very fun so far! (I’ll have an update on one of our projects soon.) The other topic I chose this year is Pirates. I had no idea they would overlap so much, but space pirates is totally a thing so it’s worked out great! The history of Pirates is an interesting topic because it can involve a lot of … Continue Reading…

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Visiting the Mariners’ Museum in Newport News, Virginia

Walking in High Cotton Posted on January 16, 2017 by Jamie OliverJuly 7, 2017  
Visiting the Mariners' Museum in Hampton Virginia (via Walking in High Cotton}

Most of our Christmas/New Year’s holiday this year was kinda drizzly and mucky, so Mr. Fix-It and I decided to take the crew to the Mariners’ Museum one of those last dreary, stir-crazy days. It’s a museum and park with trails and outdoor displays as well, but we stayed inside. The first thing I’ll say (since the majority of my readers are frugally-minded) is that I thought it was a little pricey, and I really think the 3D movie tickets should have been included, or at least discounted with the … Continue Reading…

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The Quest for Truth Sci-Fi Series for Middle Grade Readers…A Review and GIVEAWAY!

Walking in High Cotton Posted on May 26, 2017 by Jamie OliverMay 26, 2017  
Quest for Truth sci-fi series for middle graders by Brock Eastman--A Review and Giveaway! via Walking in High Cotton

We’ve continued with our slow, steady, and FUN family Astronomy study this month. So far we’ve already seen and documented several moon phases including a full moon and a new moon; visible Jupiter; visible Mercury, and learned to recognize the Big and Little Dipper.  We’ve also watched several space and sci-fi movies as a family, including a special at-home family movie night presentation of Rogue One (which my kiddos hadn’t seen yet) and a splurge on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 in the theater. We’ve been keeping a list of … Continue Reading…

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5 Days of Summer Reading {How to Choose Good Books for Boys}

Walking in High Cotton Posted on June 18, 2013 by Jamie OliverMay 18, 2017 2
How to choose good books for boys w/a book list via Walking in High Cotton

This week I’ll be part of a 5 Days of Summer Series and I’m talking about 5 Days of Summer Reading. Each post comes with recommendations for how to choose good books, tips to encourage a love of books, and ideas for how to enjoy reading as a whole family–as well as a book list, so be sure to check them all out! MONDAY: 5 Days of Summer Reading {For the Homestead} TUESDAY: 5 Days of Summer Reading {For the Boys} WEDNESDAY: 5 Days of Summer Reading {For the Girls} THURSDAY: … Continue Reading…

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5 Days of Summer Reading {How to Choose Good Books For Girls}

Walking in High Cotton Posted on June 19, 2013 by Jamie OliverMay 18, 2017 10
how to choose good books for girls (with a book list!) via Walking in High Cotton

This week I’ll be part of a 5 Days of Summer Series and I’m talking about 5 Days of Summer Reading. Each post comes with recommendations for how to choose good books, tips to encourage a love of books, and ideas for how to enjoy reading as a whole family–as well as a book list, so be sure to check them all out! MONDAY: 5 Days of Summer Reading {For the Homestead} TUESDAY: 5 Days of Summer Reading {For the Boys} WEDNESDAY: 5 Days of Summer Reading {For the Girls} THURSDAY: … Continue Reading…

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Summer Star-Gazing…A Simple Family Unit Study on Astronomy

Walking in High Cotton Posted on May 3, 2017 by Jamie OliverMay 18, 2017 11
A Simple Family Unit Study on Astronomy for Fun Summer Learning! via Walking in High Cotton

Have you gotten your FREE Summer Unit Study Planner? I’ve been hard at work with mine, laying out plans for an Astronomy unit study and a Pirates/Maritime History unit study for the family this summer. I’ve put quite a bit of time into gathering resources and planning activities because I enjoy it. We don’t get much for family vacations and holidays around here with the farm to keep an eye on. So we have to make up our own, local, staycation-type fun for the summer. I’m going to share my resource … Continue Reading…

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Space and Science-Fiction Adventure Books for 8-12 Year Olds

Walking in High Cotton Posted on May 8, 2017 by Jamie OliverMay 6, 2017 6
Space and Science Fiction Adventure Books for 8-12 yo via Walking in High Cotton

When outlining our simple family unit studies, I mentioned that I like to use a fiction read-aloud on the topic as the backbone of our unit. Then I laid out our summer-long Astronomy unit study for you and there were no fiction books! I struggled with finding fiction books in the space and sci-fi genre because it’s not one that I’m very familiar with, personally. It took a lot of searching, chatting with our librarian, and reading reviews on Amazon to find a list of books to consider that meet … Continue Reading…

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5 Days of Summer Reading {Tips For Encouraging the Reluctant Reader}

Walking in High Cotton Posted on June 20, 2013 by Jamie OliverApril 30, 2017  
Tips for encouraging the reluctant reader...via Walking in High Cotton

This week I’ll be part of a 5 Days of Summer Series and I’m talking about 5 Days of Summer Reading. Each post comes with recommendations for how to choose good books, tips to encourage a love of books, and ideas for how to enjoy reading as a whole family–as well as a book list, so be sure to check them all out! MONDAY: 5 Days of Summer Reading {For the Homestead} TUESDAY: 5 Days of Summer Reading {For the Boys} WEDNESDAY: 5 Days of Summer Reading {For the Girls} THURSDAY: … Continue Reading…

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5 Days of Summer Reading {Make Reading Fun For the Whole Family}

Walking in High Cotton Posted on June 21, 2013 by Jamie OliverApril 30, 2017 1
How to make reading fun for the whole family--using multi-media and read alouds...via Walking in High Cotton

This week I’ll be part of a 5 Days of Summer Series and I’m talking about 5 Days of Summer Reading. Each post comes with recommendations for how to choose good books, tips to encourage a love of books, and ideas for how to enjoy reading as a whole family–as well as a book list, so be sure to check them all out! MONDAY: 5 Days of Summer Reading {For the Homestead} TUESDAY: 5 Days of Summer Reading {For the Boys} WEDNESDAY: 5 Days of Summer Reading {For the Girls} THURSDAY: … Continue Reading…

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How To Make Relaxed Summer Learning Plans

Walking in High Cotton Posted on May 1, 2014 by Jamie OliverApril 24, 2017 2
How To Make RELAXED Summer Learning Plans {via www.walkinginhighcotton.net} Planning summer fun that will keep their brains keep whirling during those hot summer days.

I already introduced you to why we make summer learning plans. Today I’m going to share simple steps for creating your own simple, relaxed summer learning plans. I did this for the first time in 2012 and it worked great–even though we were not strict about sticking to it. It’s an outline, not an itinerary. In 2013 I did less pre-planning and I feel like we got less out of it as well. So I’m going back to my first-year concept. I’m not done (obviously–since I pretty much just started last week!) … Continue Reading…

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Resources for Studying Jamestown

Walking in High Cotton Posted on October 14, 2013 by Jamie OliverMarch 22, 2017 3
Books and Resources About Jamestown, Pocohantas, and Captain John Smith

In honor of Columbus Day, I thought I would share something about explorers, but not at all about Columbus! {smile} We have been reading and studying and talking and learning about Jamestown and early Virginia colonization and woodland Indians for several weeks now. It started this summer when we started reading Blood on the River together as a family read-aloud. I had been collecting Jamestown resources for most of the spring and fall to put together one of our mini unit studies. You know, stalking Amazon for price drops, haunting … Continue Reading…

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