Nature Study

This was one of my favorite blocks this year. I told nature stories involving Nehemiah the Gnome. I had so much fun making up these stories containing tales about farming, nature in Virginia & also some pedagogical stories. Nehemiah lived up in the mountains of western Virginia & one day he dropped his hat into the lil' Cowpasture stream. He decided to follow the stream to find his cap. His adventures are many and eventually lead him to the James River & on to the Atlantic Ocean! I would love to have the time to publish the stories in a wee lil' book!

While I told these stories to my students, our daily review often involved them reading the story I had written & drawing a picture. - Yes, a bit unusual. ;-) Below are the book covers my students created!