Our Wonderful World by Emery Lewis Howe is a rich nature study book available for free download covering backyard neighbors, feathered friends, garden life, four-footed comrades, and the earth and its neighbors.
Our Wonderful World ~ The Books
For years, many have enjoyed our online series based on the book Our Wonderful World by Emery Lewis Howe. We are happy to answer the many requests to offer this series in print! Now we have created a series of books by dividing the original book into four parts. This should make it easier to include this nature series in a homeschool curriculum. Learn more.
By covering one chapter a week, there are 32 weeks worth of lessons.
You’ll find options for downloading the free eBook, Our Wonderful World, and a free teacher’s guide on the Introduction page.
Free Nature Studies: Busy Plowmen (Earthworms)
Earthworms are tireless workers who prepare the soil so that plants can grow. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: Ant Workers Part 1
Ants protect the aphids they rely on and ladybugs protect plants from aphids. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: Ant Workers Part 2
There are many lessons we can learn by observing ants! Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: Spider Weavers
Spiders are incredible weavers. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: Spiders & Their Nests
Spiders create interesting cases to hold their eggs. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: The Honey Bee
Honey bees collect pollen and build hives where they store honey. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: Butterflies & Moths
Butterflies live very short lives, progressing from egg, to caterpillar, to chrysalis, to butterfly. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: Hunting Birds With Eyes & Camera
Identify birds by observing the type of nests they build, the eggs they lay, their habits, and their habitats. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: Bird Guardians (Owls)
Birds act as guardians by eating harmful insects and serving as scavengers. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: Landlord to the Birds
Landlords to the birds provide shelter, a place to bathe, and food in the winter. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: How Plants Grow
Each part of a plant — root, stem, leaves, and flowers — has an important role to play. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: A Plant & Its Flower
Flowers protect the seeds that are necessary for the reproduction of the plant. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: Roots
Roots have four main functions — storage, absorption, circulation, and anchorage. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: Plants & Their Stems
Stems support and protect the plant, and store and transport food. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: Green Leaf Factories (Leaves)
Leaves are the factories that manufacture the world’s food. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: Wildflowers
One wildflower may contain many flowers in one head. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: Bees and Flowers (Pollination)
Pollination enables seeds to be formed. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: Trees
We receive many benefits from trees including fruits, nuts, and wood. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: Fruit Trees and Forests
We play a role in protecting the trees that provide us shade, beauty, and service. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: Seed Homes & Anatomy
A seed develops inside a plant’s fruit and consists of an embryo plant, food, and a protective covering. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: How Seeds Find New Homes (Dispersal)
Plants have many interesting and varying ways to spread their seeds! Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: Our Daily Bread (Wheat)
The planting of a grain of wheat, to growth, harvest, milling, and a loaf of bread. Unit resources
Free Nature Studies: Dogs
Dogs serve man in a variety of ways, and man does well to care and protect them in return. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: Horses
The horse is a faithful four-footed friend and valuable servant. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: Working Like Beavers Part 1
Beavers work hard building homes, staying alert, and managing their fur. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: Working Like Beavers Part 2
While beavers do harm, they nonetheless provide many benefits. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: Sheep and Their Shepherds
Man tends sheep and continues to reap the benefits of the wool. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: Sky & Clouds
Clouds begin with a small particle of dust. A look at sky and clouds. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: The Solar System
Planets, stars, and shooting stars. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: A Story of the Rocks
Soil is formed by weathered rocks and decayed plant and animal matter. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: Water and Ice
Glaciers smoothed down mountains, built up hills, carved out lakes, and formed rivers. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: Counting Up ~ Review
Study questions and review: 32 free nature study lessons included in Our Wonderful World.
