However Imperfectly

Joy and Nicole talk about the challenges and joys of doing nature study in a homeschool setting. They talk about getting started when you don't know the names of anything and how to help older children engage. Grab Nicole's free nature study starter guide here: https://sabbathmoodhomeschool.com/hipJoin the Screen Free Kids Get Outside Challenge: https://www.howeverimperfectly.com/ScreenFreeChallengeStart the 5-day Nature Journal challenge here: https://www.howeverimperfectly.com/opt-in

Principal #20: “We allow no separation to grow up between the intellectual and ‘spiritual’ life of children, but teach them that the divine spirit has constant access to their spirits, and is their continual helper in all the interests, duties, and joys of life.”Get the reflection questions and resources that go with this episode over on However Imperfectly on Substack here.

Principle #19: Therefore, children should be taught, as they become mature enough to understand such teaching, that the chief responsibility which rests on them as persons is the acceptance or rejection of ideas. To help them in this choice we give them principles of conduct, and a wide range of the knowledge fitted to them. These principles should save children from some of the loose thinking and heedless action which cause most of us to live at a lower level than we need.Head over to However Imperfectly on Substack for the reflection questions and show notes.**If you want to be effective with your Nature Study work, join the Screen Free Kids Get Outside Challenge. Head over to HoweverImperfectly.com/ScreenFreeChallenge to download your free packet!**

Principle #18: “The way of reason: We teach children, too, not to 'lean (too confidently) to their own understanding'; because the function of reason is to give logical demonstration (a) of mathematical truth, (b) of an initial idea, accepted by the will. In the former case, reason is, practically, an infallible guide, but in the latter, it is not always a safe one; for, whether that idea be right or wrong, reason will confirm it by irrefragable proofs.” Vol 6, MasonTo see the reflection questions and notes from this episode, head over to However Imperfectly on Substack. --**If you want to be effective with your Nature Study work, join the Screen Free Kids Get Outside Challenge. Head over to HoweverImperfectly.com/ScreenFreeChallenge to download your free packet!

“There are two guides to moral and intellectual self-management to offer to children, [the first] we may call 'the way of the will'...The way of the will: Children should be taught, (a) to distinguish between 'I want' and 'I will.' (b) That the way to will effectively is to turn our thoughts from that which we desire but do not will. (c) That the best way to turn our thoughts is to think of or do some quite different thing, entertaining or interesting. (d) That after a little rest in this way, the will returns to its work with new vigour. ” (Vol 6, p. 128)To see the reflection questions and notes from this episode, head over to However Imperfectly on Substack. --**If you want to be effective with your Nature Study work, join the Screen Free Kids Get Outside Challenge. Head over to HoweverImperfectly.com/ScreenFreeChallenge to download your free packet!