Nature Journaling on the trail.
About
My mission is to help homeschooling families cultivate innovators through curiosity, creativity and critical thinking. To open those sweet little hearts to the beauty in the diversity of life then turn that perspective into world changing ideas. We’ll do this through the lens of geography and nature study. Geography adds context to every other subject and helps you to develop empathy for other cultures. Nature study helps you to really SEE the world around you and learn to be present in the moment. Both naturally lead to making connections across diciplines. Every child needs roots and wings and by exploring the world they find both. Ideally this would be through travel but since that is not an option for everyone, I strive to bring the world to you by making the unit studies and other materials as hands on and immersive as possible.
As a small business owner, I am the voice of Hatching Curiosity: Christina Hatch- a wife, artist, and homeschooling mother to three very curious boys. My oldest is analytical. He loves to read and do math and ask 1 million questions a day. This drives some people crazy, but I do everything I can to keep him curious. My 2nd would much rather literally roll around in mud than hold still and do a worksheet. During story times he is often building Legos or tapping his foot on the floor, yet… he remembered names and details from “Endurance” (which is not a children’s book!) so well he could act it out- and did! (One more vote for living books y’all!) My 3rd is as stubborn as the day is long but oh so observant! I’ve never met a child more in tune with the rhythms of our family or aware of the situation and what needs to be done next. I share this just to say that every child’s gifts, abilities, talents and expressions of creativity are different. I may not have a child exactly like yours, but I am in the trenches with you. Helping them discover their purpose so they can live in a place of joyful contentment.
I am passionate about sharing this mission through my podcast and other speaking engagements at homeschooling conferences (something my degree in Communications prepared me well for!). I love nature so much that my husband I spent a stint on the beautiful Kenai Peninsula in Alaska where I was inspired to create nature journals before settling down in rural Idaho where we are currently working on building a comfortable country home. I spend as much time as I can outside with my kids. (Our scrapbooks are even labelled “Life’s little adventures year…”) I love homeschooling, creating new and beautiful resources, hanging with my tribe of strong and talented mama’s, reading nonfiction, and learning to paint in my spare time- which is as sparse as yours in my full and happy life!
To Learn more: Follow me on Instagram or tune in to the Hatching Curiosity Podcast.