One of the best supplements for practical, hands on science is nature study. Keeping a nature sketchbook helps students of all ages (that includes us adults!) look more carefully at the world around us, and observe the bits of nature right in our own backyards.

The problem is, nature sketching can often be intimidating due to a lack of drawing skill. Many moms have told me of the frustration of holding Edith Holden's Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady in one hand, and their own first attempts in the other. Super Simple Nature Sketching for Early Spring is designed to help you get a good foundation for sketching the nature we commonly come in contact with in early spring. Using regular and colored pencils, Kimberly Eddy walks you through, step by step, how to draw:

• Creative Cover Pages with Fancy Lettering
• Simple Spring Flowers such as Tulips and Daffodils
• Flowering and Budding Branches on Spring Trees
• Clouds and Rain
• Tadpoles
• Baby Turtles
• Birds' Nests

Super Simple Nature Sketching for Early Spring also includes a downloadable ebook supplement, with suggestions and resources for further nature study into each of these topics. Most of the resources are free resources I've used with my own family that I've found online. There are also many books you'll likely find in your library. Super Simple Nature Sketching for Early Spring (ebook supplement) also includes some of my favorite early spring quotes and poetry to use in your nature journal. I've also included some line art coloring pages for you to use.