Nature Journal- The Tabs
One day a long time ago, I sat down and put together the organization of the children's nature journals, Before this we used little booklets or loose paper.
Here is the organization of the journal. The main categories will be bold and the subcategories will be italic.
Gear (store specialty pages that are made to hold specimens) - Writings (for poems, Bible verses, other works not by the child)
- Animal Kingdom | Glossary
- Trees | Specimen | Observation
- The Great Garden | My Garden | Flowers | Wild Places | Reference
- Skywatching | Weather | Bird Watching (bird feeder pages) | Nightsky (stars and planets)
- Journal (Poems, notes, etc. by the child)
- Sketching (Place heavy paper here that is to be used by the child for drawings. The drawings may be later placed in the proper category.)
The Nightsky Divider 
To add a bit of flair to the nightsky divider I made it from black construction paper and painted stars with white-out.
Nature Journal Tabs - How to Make the Dividers
Page from Writings Category
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Holly copied Genesis 8:22
For this category, I printed lines on speckled paper.
Page from Skywatching Category
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Holly wrote about Canis Major
NEXT: Nature Journal Specimen Page
Donna Young
September 29th, 2008
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