Handbook of Nature Study - August Newsletter: Pond Edition

The August edition of the Outdoor Hour Challenge Newsletter is ready to be downloaded! The theme for the newsletter is Ponds and Pond Creatures....one of our family's favorite topics to explore this time of year. I have included some new features in the newsletter and hope you find it useful.

Please note that you are encouraged to try to use the topics suggested in the monthly newsletter but if your family finds another topic of interest...always follow your interest. You can still submit the entry to the Outdoor Hour Challenge Blog Carnival. You can submit more than one entry to the carnival. The deadline for the next Outdoor Hour Challenge Blog Carnival will be August 30, 2011.

Here is the August 2011 Outdoor Hour Challenge Newsletter. 

Exciting Features:

• Summer Pond Study Notebook Page


• New Nature Journal Idea


• Pond Links


• Newsletter Specials - Autumn Series - Outdoor Hour Challenges


• Pond Nature Study Grid


• Marsh Pastels Tutorial


• Interviews with Outdoor Hour Challenge Families


• Guest Post Opportunities

I also have put together a new Pond Study page on Squidoo:  
Pond Study Using the Handbook of Nature Study.
I hope you find it helpful!

(If you have trouble downloading the newsletter and you have Mozilla Firefox, right click the link, save it, then try to open it from your desktop.)

I drew a random name from those that participated in the July Outdoor Hour Challenge Blog Carnival and Susan from Learning All The Time is the winner of A Kid's Summer EcoJournal. I want to thank all of the participants in yesterday's blog carnival....what a great bunch of entries! Congrats to Susan!