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This week’s free printable: The Alphabet Tree.Cut, match and glue fall leaves from A to Z. A new one every Friday.
The winter unit studies are here.Two six-week sets: one for cold places and one for warm places.

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Living books, nature study, science, math, copywork, art, Scripture, and a family recipe — woven around one subject your child already loves.

The cover of the Snow unit study.
Five days · Print-ready PDF

New for winter

Winter unit studies are here.

Winter looks different depending on where you live, so we made two sets of six. If your winters bring snow, start with Cold Places. If yours are mild and wet, start with Warm Places. Every unit also works on its own for $5.99.

The six unit covers in Winter in Cold Places.

Six units · Ages 4–7 · 96 pages

Winter in Cold Places

$24 · $35.94 bought separately

For snowy, cold winters: Snow, Tracks, Bare Trees, Wool and Warmth, The Light Returning, and Sap and Sugaring. That’s one unit a week for six weeks of winter. You get six separate PDFs, one for each unit.

The six unit covers in Winter in Warm Places.

Six units · Ages 4–7 · 96 pages

Winter in Warm Places

$24 · $35.94 bought separately

For mild, wet winters: The Rains, Frost and Dew, The Birds That Came South, The Cold Snap, The Winter Harvest, and The Winter Sky. That’s one unit a week for six weeks of winter. You get six separate PDFs, one for each unit.

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New · Ages 4–7

Nature Morning Menu

Twenty-six reusable pages for tracing, letter recognition, counting, matching, weather, nature activities, and a cheerful start to the homeschool day.

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October Nature Reading Calendar

Thirty-one autumn and nature books, plus a library-basket checklist—ready to print and free for Field & Fable readers.

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September through Thanksgiving

Bring home a season of learning.

Seven units, one for each week from the first apples to the first frost. Planned in order, so you are never deciding on Sunday night what Monday looks like.

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Seven Christian five-day units · 112 printable pages

Start the Autumn Term See what’s in the set
  • The cover of the Apples unit study.
    Apples Week one
  • The cover of the Sunflowers unit study.
    Sunflowers Week two
  • The cover of the Leaves unit study.
    Leaves Week three
  • The cover of the Pumpkins unit study.
    Pumpkins Week four
  • The cover of the Acorns unit study.
    Acorns Week five
  • The cover of the Squirrels unit study.
    Squirrels Week six
  • The cover of the Bears unit study.
    Bears Week seven

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Fall unit studies for ages 4–7

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Start anywhere. Each unit stands alone and includes everything needed for five connected days of learning.

The cover of the Apples unit.

Unit One · Ages 4–7 · Five gentle days

Apples

$5.99 · One-time purchase

In this unit we cut an apple the wrong way on purpose, find the star that has been hiding in the middle of every apple the child has ever eaten, and end up with a pot of applesauce on the stove.

The cover of the Leaves unit.

Unit Two · Ages 4–7 · Five gentle days

Leaves

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In this unit we find out that the yellow was in the leaf all summer, hiding behind the green. We tear one into a jar, wait an hour, and watch the hidden colours climb a strip of paper.

The cover of the Pumpkins unit.

Unit Three · Ages 4–7 · Five gentle days

Pumpkins

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In this unit we follow the circle all the way round — seed to vine to flower to fruit and back to seed. We open one up, guess how many seeds are inside, and then count them in tens until we know.

The cover of the Sunflowers unit.

Unit Four · Ages 4–7 · Five gentle days

Sunflowers

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A young sunflower turns its head to follow the sun all day, then settles facing east once it blooms. We look hard at the seed head and find the two spirals running through it at once.

The cover of the Acorns unit.

Unit Five · Ages 4–7 · Five gentle days

Acorns

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Look closely at oak trees, discover what an acorn holds, and follow the quiet work of squirrels preparing for winter.

The cover of the Squirrels unit.

Unit Six · Ages 4–7 · Five gentle days

Squirrels

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Watch a squirrel work, hide ten counters the way it scatters food, build a model leaf nest, and discover how one forgotten acorn may become an oak.

The cover of the Bears unit.

Unit Seven · Ages 4–7 · Five gentle days

Bears

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Find your own pulse, discover how a black bear’s body changes through winter, search for sheltered places outdoors, and build a model den before sharing warm honey-oat porridge.

The cover of the Rocks and Minerals unit.

Unit Eight · Ages 4–7 · Five gentle days

Rocks and Minerals

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Scratch stones with a fingernail, a penny, and a nail to discover which is hardest. Choose one rock to carry all week, then end with a shared pot of stone soup.

The cover of the Thanksgiving and Gratitude unit.

Unit Nine · Ages 4–7 · Five gentle days

Thanksgiving and Gratitude

$5.99 · One-time purchase

Discover how much of taste is really smell, ask five people what they are thankful for, make place cards for the family table, and listen to cranberries pop on the stove.

The cover of the Spiders unit.

Unit Ten · Ages 4–7 · Five gentle days

Spiders

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We build a web of yarn between four chairs, sit the child at the centre with one hand on a thread and their eyes closed, and drop a paper fly somewhere on the far side — then find out how she knows. The week ends with chocolate web pretzels.

The cover of the Owls at Dusk unit.

Unit Eleven · Ages 4–7 · Five gentle days

Owls at Dusk

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We swipe a smooth card through the air, then a fringed one at the same speed, so the difference is something you hear rather than something you are told. Then out at dusk to map every sound in three minutes of silence.

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The science lesson from Apples.

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