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Homeschool Nature Studies
The Living Earth School offers a
homeschool nature studies program in the Charlottesville, Virginia
area.
The program is offered in both the spring and fall. Nature
studies programs are organized into age
appropriate groups of 5-7, 8-10, and 11-17 year olds.
At the homeschool
nature studies program time is spent entirely outdoors immersed in
nature. Nature and our guided activities help to awake the
students' senses, intuition, and natural instincts. We approach
subjects through both the eyes of a scientist and eyes of an indigenous
person. As a result, students will begin to feel more connected
to the world around them.
We believe that
everyone has a special gift to bring to this world. We strive to
spark the students' passions because we know that is when they will
learn best. We call this passion-based
learning. We help the students find their own
answers. And rather than simply give answers, we encourage
creative thinking, problem solving, and ask lots of questions.
Thus the learning is deeper and more meaningful. From this their
confidence naturally grows, and they are on their way to becoming more
self-sufficient in both living and learning.
In the nature studies
program we cycle through different topics. We believe nature
provides the best classroom. The topics include:
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- Survival skills
- Wild food /
primitive cooking
- Bird Language
- Ecology /community
- Crafts / tools
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- Nature studies
- Peacemaker
principles
- Tracking
- Awareness
/observation
- Storytelling
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Though nature is
the medium, and
students often become empassioned naturalists, our deeper goal is to
help develop more centered, self-motivated young adults, in touch with
their gifts, passions and able to hold a vision for the future.
And all the while, students (and staff) have a lot of fun. The
cost for the session is on a sliding scale basis of $25 - $35
per
day. Remaining total after deposit must be paid on first day of
the program.
For more information
please call. For the spring session,
please let us know by March 1, 2005. Send us a completed application
form
(you must have Acrobat Reader to print this form; click here if
you need to download it). There is
a $50 non-refundable deposit required to
hold your place. Enjoy!
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