Posted on Leave a comment

Cycle 4 Science & Nature: Forests and Trees Picture Books Form 1+

STAR Homeschool Cycle 4 Science and Nature

Picture Books, Form 1+ (or, whole family read aloud)

The following books are not included on any of the PDF schedules here. You may want to look for these books at a public or church library or purchase used or new copies. If you like to keep careful schedules, you could schedule one picture book per week or read a page or two in a book per day. Alternatively, put these books in a basket in your family room and allow your children to read them when they have free time, or when you have set aside time for independent reading. 

Additional Resources 

Note, links on this page are affiliate links, in which I will make a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for supporting the work I do!

If you have book suggestions or comments about these books, please share! 🙂

Posted on Leave a comment

Cycle 4 Science & Nature: Forests and Trees, Projects

STAR Homeschool Cycle 4 Science and Nature

The Good and the Beautiful Drawing 100 Fun & Easy Trees

This book is scheduled at a pace of three to four trees per week. Alternatively, draw one tree per week and use this over multiple years.

You can download the pdf here:

Grow a Little Fruit Tree: Simple Pruning Techniques for Small-Space, Easy-Harvest Fruit Trees by Ann Ralph 168 pages

There is no pdf schedule for this book. Simply use it as you see fit and plant whatever trees you like and make sense for your area.

Note, links on this page are affiliate links, in which I will make a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for supporting the work I do!

If you have book suggestions or comments about these books, please share! 🙂

Posted on Leave a comment

Cycle 4 Science & Nature: Forests and Trees Form 4+

STAR Homeschool Cycle 4 Science and Nature

How to Read a Tree: Clues and Patterns from Bark to Leaves by Tristan Gooley

This book is scheduled at a pace of one chapter per week for weeks 1 through 14.

You can download the pdf here:

Note, links on this page are affiliate links, in which I will make a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for supporting the work I do!

If you have book suggestions or comments about these books, please share! 🙂

Posted on Leave a comment

Cycle 4 Science & Nature: Forests and Trees Form 3+

STAR Homeschool Cycle 4 Science and Nature

Form 3+ or Whole-Family Read Aloud Books

Forest Neighbors by Edith M. Patch and Carroll Lane Fenton 

This book is scheduled at a pace of four or five chapters per term.

You can download the pdf here:

The Handbook of Nature Study: Trees by Anna B. Comstock

This book is scheduled at a pace of one to two chapters per week from Week 1 through Week 22.

You can download the pdf here:

Note, links on this page are affiliate links, in which I will make a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for supporting the work I do!

If you have book suggestions or comments about these books, please share! 🙂

Posted on Leave a comment

Cycle 4 Science & Nature: Forests and Trees Form 1+

STAR Homeschool Cycle 4 Science and Nature

Family Read Aloud Books or Independent Reading: Forests & Trees

Form 1+

Among the Forest People by Clara Dillingham Pierson

This book is scheduled at a pace of five chapters per term.

You can download the pdf here:

One Small Square: Woods by Donald Silver and Patricia Wynne 

This book is scheduled at a pace of four to eight pages per week during Term 1.

You can download the pdf here:

Note, links on this page are affiliate links, in which I will make a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for supporting the work I do!

If you have book suggestions or comments about these books, please share! 🙂