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Cycle 4 Science & Nature: Nature Form 4

STAR Homeschool Cycle 4 Science and Nature

Family Read Aloud Books or Independent Reading: Nature, Forms 4 & 5

Field, Forest and Farm by Jean-Henri Fabre

This book is scheduled at a pace of one to three chapters per week from Week 1 through Week 28.

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Cycle 4 Science & Nature: Nature Form 3+

STAR Homeschool Cycle 4 Science and Nature

Family Read Aloud Books or Independent Reading: Nature, Form 3+

The Story Book of Science by Jean Henri Fabre whole year

This book is scheduled at a pace of one or two chapters per week for all twenty-eight weeks.

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Christian Liberty Nature Reader Book 4 second edition

 This is scheduled at a pace of two to four lessons per week for twenty-eight weeks.

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Christian Liberty Nature Reader Book 5, 2nd Edition

This book is scheduled at a pace of one to two lessons per week for twenty-eight weeks.

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Cycle 4 Science & Nature: Nature Form 2+

STAR Homeschool Cycle 4 Science and Nature


Make sure to read the post How to Teach Science and Nature.

Christian Liberty Nature Reader Book 2 second edition

This book is scheduled at a pace of one or two lessons per week for twenty-eight weeks.

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Christian Liberty Nature Reader Book 3 second edition

This book is scheduled at a pace of one or two lessons per week for twenty-eight weeks.

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Cycle 3 Science & Nature: Nature Projects

STAR Homeschool Science and Nature Cycle 3


Nature Projects Form 1+

Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots by Sharon Lovejoy

This book is scheduled for Terms 3 and 4 and is spread over all four cycles. I chose Terms 3 and 4 because, if you begin school in late Summer or early Fall (with Term 1), the gardening activities in this book will make most sense in Terms 3 and 4.

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Nature Projects Form 2+

1000 Hours Outside by Ginny Yurich

This book is scheduled over all four cycles and by season. I have made an assumption that families will begin with Term 1 in late summer and end Term 4 in Spring/Early Summer. If you are beginning school at another time of the year, you will want to use this book differently, to line up with the season you are in.

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Nature Projects Form 3+

The Laws Guide to Nature Drawing and Journaling by John Muir Laws

This book is scheduled over all four cycles, so that students will learn little bits of nature drawing and journaling techniques at a time, over four years. There are pages to read, which are in the beginning of the book, and those are scheduled from Term 1 through Week 16 in Term 3. Then, there are drawing or painting or coloring exercises, and those are scheduled each week throughout the school year. This book is first scheduled in Cycle 1 and goes through Cycle 4, but you can jump in anytime.

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Cycle 4 Science & Nature: Nature Form 1+

STAR Homeschool Cycle 4 Science and Nature

Family Read Aloud Books or Independent Reading: Nature, Form 1+

The Berenstain Bears’ Big Book of Science and Nature by Stan & Jan Berenstain

This book is scheduled at a pace of five to eight pages per week. 

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Slow Down: 50 Mindful Moments in Nature by Rachel Williams and Freya Hartas whole year

This book is scheduled at a pace of five to seven pages per term for all four terms. This book is first scheduled in Cycle 3 and then continued in Cycle 4.

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Christian Liberty Nature Reader: Book K (2008)

This book is scheduled at a pace of one lesson per week from Week 1 through Week 26.

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Christian Liberty Nature Reader: Book 1 (1996)

This book is scheduled at a pace of three or four lessons per week for all twenty-eight weeks.

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Cycle 4 Science & Nature: Nature Projects

STAR Homeschool Cycle 4 Science and Nature


Form 1+

Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots by Sharon Lovejoy

This book is scheduled for Terms 3 and 4 and is spread over all four cycles. I chose Terms 3 and 4 because, if you begin school in late Summer or early Fall (with Term 1), the gardening activities in this book will make most sense in Terms 3 and 4.

You can download the pdf here:

Form 2+

1000 Hours Outside by Ginny Yurich

This book is scheduled over all four cycles and by season. I have made an assumption that families will begin with Term 1 in late summer and end Term 4 in Spring/Early Summer. If you are beginning school at another time of the year, you will want to use this book differently, to line up with the season you are in.

You can download the pdf here:

Form 3+

The Laws Guide to Nature Drawing and Journaling by John Muir Laws

This book is scheduled over all four cycles, so that students will learn little bits of nature drawing and journaling techniques at a time, over four years. This book is first scheduled in Cycle 1, though I believe it is okay to jump in at any point, so starting with the Cycle 4 readings and projects shouldn’t be a problem.

You can download the pdf here:

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