The Charlotte Mason homeschooling system is a profound and effective framework for teaching. It is widely adopted across the world. Many of Mason's principles parallel current best practices in education. Keeping a nature journal is a part of Mason education. In this workshop, we are joined by Art Middlekauff, a leading thinker in Mason education Read More

Join the Hawk Mountain Sanctuary and John Muir Laws to sketch owls live and up close! We will learn about the birds and the sanctuary's mission and practice sketching from live birds. John Muir Laws will demonstrate strategies to help you draw owls as they move and turn their heads. Drawing from live birds is Read More

What is working and what is not? Let's share challenges and ideas about how to best teach journaling in our online classrooms. Learn how to teach Nature Journaling! Join our weekly discussion and idea-sharing for teachers, home school parents, and other educators interested in teaching nature journaling skills. Each meeting will have a theme. Most Read More

Many species of flowers have a simple disk shape with 3,4,5,6 or many petals. Learn how to plot the spacing of the petals for each of these types had how to draw the flower from above or from an angle. When you draw the flower from an angle the petals become foreshortened in surprising ways. Read More

How do we encourage the habits of mind that will help students engage with nature journaling, push themselves to go deeper, think critically, and become lifelong learners? Learn how to teach Nature Journaling! Join our weekly discussion and idea-sharing for teachers, home school parents, and other educators interested in teaching nature journaling skills. Each meeting Read More

  John Muir Laws will lead this enjoyable and educational drawing class, co-hosted by Marcia Sivek of BeProvided Conservation Radio and the Snow Leopard Conservancy team. While receiving instruction on how to draw this magnificent cat, learn about snow leopards and the conservation efforts of the Snow Leopard Conservancy. This activity is for everyone – Read More

  What works to get your family to journal together? How can you make keeping a nature journal a part of your family routines? How can parents role model the behaviors they wish to see in their children? Learn how to teach Nature Journaling! Join our weekly discussion and idea-sharing for teachers, home school parents, Read More

Join John Muir Laws as he investigates how to draw and foreshorten cone-shaped flowers. Most flowers do not hold the petals in a flat plane. You will find the petals slightly to significantly inclined in a cone. This changes the way the flower is foreshortened. Learn the principles behind drawing flowers with these angles. Print Read More