• Treehouse Nature Study: Four Seasons, Intermediate Years (Small Group License)
  • Treehouse Nature Study: Four Seasons, Intermediate Years (Small Group License)
  • Treehouse Nature Study: Four Seasons, Intermediate Years (Small Group License)
  • Treehouse Nature Study: Four Seasons, Intermediate Years (Small Group License)
  • Treehouse Nature Study: Four Seasons, Intermediate Years (Small Group License)
  • Treehouse Nature Study: Four Seasons, Intermediate Years (Small Group License)
  • Treehouse Nature Study: Four Seasons, Intermediate Years (Small Group License)
  • Treehouse Nature Study: Four Seasons, Intermediate Years (Small Group License)
  • Treehouse Nature Study: Four Seasons, Intermediate Years (Small Group License)
  • Treehouse Nature Study: Four Seasons, Intermediate Years (Small Group License)
  • Treehouse Nature Study: Four Seasons, Intermediate Years (Small Group License)
  • Treehouse Nature Study: Four Seasons, Intermediate Years (Small Group License)
  • Treehouse Nature Study: Four Seasons, Intermediate Years (Small Group License)
  • Treehouse Nature Study: Four Seasons, Intermediate Years (Small Group License)
  • Treehouse Nature Study: Four Seasons, Intermediate Years (Small Group License)
  • Treehouse Nature Study: Four Seasons, Intermediate Years (Small Group License)
  • Treehouse Nature Study: Four Seasons, Intermediate Years (Small Group License)
  • Treehouse Nature Study: Four Seasons, Intermediate Years (Small Group License)
  • Treehouse Nature Study: Four Seasons, Intermediate Years (Small Group License)
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Treehouse Nature Study: Four Seasons, Intermediate Years (Small Group License)

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Recommended for: Intermediate Years (4th-8th)

A Year-Long Charlotte Mason-Inspired Seasonal Nature Study for Upper Elementary to Middle School

Introducing Treehouse Nature Study, Intermediate Years geared towards grades 4th-8th. Experience a seasonal study that invites your older children to connect with each other and the world around them through living books, nature notebooking, hands-on projects, poetry, and picture study. Deepen your child's learning through advanced language arts and scientific experiments.

It would be a great fit for your upper elementary or middle schooler’s science curriculum or your whole family’s home education Morning Time and Nature Study. It also provides supplemental work for your children’s language arts through poetry copywork, creating an Illustrated Science Dictionary, creative writing prompts, notebooking, and internet research.

Curriculum Overview

Treehouse Nature Study is a year-long study with everything you need to guide your children through each day's nature study lesson. Each week of this 52-week study includes a weekly grid with daily lesson instructions making it easy to follow along. Each week has a themed poem, picture study, language arts lessons, recipes, and scientific experiments. The daily lesson plans walk you through engaging with these subjects in a new way each day.

At the core of each week's Language Arts lesson is an Illustrated Science Dictionary which your children will compile over the season. There are also prompts for creative writing and nature notebooking.

In addition to the beauty subjects, the teacher's guide includes step-by-step instructions for each day's Hands-On Connections including in-depth science experiments, recipes, and prompts for exploration and deeper research. There are detailed material lists for each week making it easy to quickly prep for the week's activities.

Treehouse Nature Study focuses heavily on quality books and multimedia reference material. Each week includes fiction, non-fiction, and reference books that correlate to the week's theme. The guide highlights relevant reference pages from Smithsonian The New Children’s Encyclopedia, Everything You Need to Know to Ace Science in One Big Fat Notebook, and The Lost Art of Reading Nature's Signs. There is also a robust Multimedia Reference list with links to documentaries, podcasts, and short videos to deepen your study.

Nature Study Themes

Each week of this 52-week guide is focused on a seasonal nature theme. The themes are:
Autumn

  • Apples
  • Birds of Prey
  • Autumn Equinox
  • Arachnids
  • Fungi
  • Deciduous Trees
  • Moon
  • Pumpkins and Corn
  • Stars
  • Woodland Creatures
  • Tracks and Scat
  • Rocks, Minerals, Fossils
  • Changing Leaves

Winter

  • Winter Birds
  • Wind
  • Winter Solstice
  • Coniferous Trees
  • Seasons
  • Mountains
  • Animals in Winter
  • Snow and Ice
  • Shadows
  • Nocturnal Animals
  • Maple Sugaring
  • Weather
  • Moss and Lichen

Spring

  • Seeds and Sprouts
  • Rainbows
  • Spring Equinox
  • Snails and Worms
  • Caterpillars, Moths, and Butterflies
  • Birds
  • Edible Gardening
  • Clouds and Rain
  • Bees
  • Snakes
  • Spring Flowers
  • Insects
  • Pond Life

Summer

  • Soil and Composting
  • The Sun
  • Summer Solstice
  • Bodies of Water
  • Marine Mammals
  • Sharks and Fish
  • Mollusks and Crustaceans
  • Seashells
  • Summer Flowers
  • Storms
  • Beetles
  • Reptiles
  • Landforms

About the Author

Lisa Burns is the creator of This Pilgrim Life, a source for down-to-earth food and recipes, organization and life hacks, and ideas for nurturing a holistic learning environment at home. A former teacher, Lisa is in her 13th year homeschooling her five children in high school, middle school, and elementary. Living an authentic, creative, connected, and adventurous life are most important to Lisa and her family. Read more about Lisa's inspiration behind Treehouse Nature Study, Intermediate Years.

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      Treehouse Nature Study: Four Seasons, Intermediate Years (Small Group License)
      Treehouse Nature Study: Four Seasons, Intermediate Years (Small Group License)
      Treehouse Nature Study: Four Seasons, Intermediate Years (Small Group License)
      Treehouse Nature Study: Four Seasons, Intermediate Years (Small Group License)
      Treehouse Nature Study: Four Seasons, Intermediate Years (Small Group License)
      Treehouse Nature Study: Four Seasons, Intermediate Years (Small Group License)
      Treehouse Nature Study: Four Seasons, Intermediate Years (Small Group License)
      Treehouse Nature Study: Four Seasons, Intermediate Years (Small Group License)
      Treehouse Nature Study: Four Seasons, Intermediate Years (Small Group License)
      Treehouse Nature Study: Four Seasons, Intermediate Years (Small Group License)
      Treehouse Nature Study: Four Seasons, Intermediate Years (Small Group License)
      Treehouse Nature Study: Four Seasons, Intermediate Years (Small Group License)
      Treehouse Nature Study: Four Seasons, Intermediate Years (Small Group License)
      Treehouse Nature Study: Four Seasons, Intermediate Years (Small Group License)
      Treehouse Nature Study: Four Seasons, Intermediate Years (Small Group License)
      Treehouse Nature Study: Four Seasons, Intermediate Years (Small Group License)
      Treehouse Nature Study: Four Seasons, Intermediate Years (Small Group License)
      Treehouse Nature Study: Four Seasons, Intermediate Years (Small Group License)
      Treehouse Nature Study: Four Seasons, Intermediate Years (Small Group License)

      Our Core Values

      • Whole-Family Learning

        Our resources are designed with family-style learning in mind, so they can be used across multiple ages.

      • Open and Go

        We design our curriculum to be easy to follow with minimal prep needed.

      • High Quality Materials

        Our products are not only practical but beautiful. We use high quality illustrations and offer professional printing and binding.

      • Educating the Whole Child

        Our products educate more than a child's mind through music, poetry, art, nature, and rich literature.

      Customer Reviews

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      Cynthia Matthews
      Amazing!

      My kids love this curriculum. They love the lessons and the hands on activities. They get to pick their book of choice from the book basket to read so it’s always interesting for them.

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      Renee Kouba
      Best of Nature Study Curriculums ~ and we've tried quite a few!

      I took the leap in ordering this bundle of Nature Studies, and have been no less than amazed at their depth and quality, while still savoring of the sweet simplicity inherent in all the Treehouse Schoolhouse products. We have used quite a few different types of Nature Study guides and even a subscription or two, but none of them came close to the ease of use, powerful beauty, and joy for the children that we've experienced time and again with Treehouse Schoolhouse. I am just a normal homeschooling Mom who was always struggling to fit in this formative and inspiring school subject, until finding these guides, and now it seems that we are actually not just 'getting it done', but thriving, and loving every minute. Thank you so much to you all!

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      Liz Gibson
      Beautiful pictures

      My 2y loves the activities and the pictures are beautiful.

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      Gabi Chick
      Beautiful and Masterfully Organized!

      Treehouse Nature Study’s resources are some of the best. I have a 5 year old and nearly 2 year old, and her intermediate nature study provides the perfect mix of fun and solid in depth learning! The art is gorgeous and thrills my own heart; the poems and hands on activities are fun and perfect for kindergarten and early elementary. The books chosen are beautiful and superbly written - no fluff. For their current ages, we actually do 1 week’s worth of the study over two weeks. We have used their Easter study, Autumn, Thanksgiving and will be doing their Christmas and Winter study this upcoming winter.

      Prior to using Treehouse, I was using from another similar curriculum., and I was so impressed with how much richer and yet more approachable Treehouse was. Previously, I had to do much more tweaking of the curriculum for it fit our life. In contrast, Treehouse lays out what you need to do and have on hand in such a simple way, that my prep time is nearly non-existent. The teacher’s guide enabled me to jump right in and successfully attempt things like narration and art study (things I had no exposure to previously). We plan to continue to use this for many years to come, as the material easily enables you to scale up or down for your child’s specific needs. It is well, well worth the cost.

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      Madison
      We love this for our preschool!

      We have been enjoying the nature study so much for our preschoolers. My kids are 4 and 2 so we implements parts of this and take about 2 weeks to do each week but i love it because we can repeat these in future years and add more as they get older. I highly reccomend!

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