As a parent who deeply values the Montessori approach to education and has a child with an insatiable curiosity about dinosaurs and paleontology, I recently had the pleasure of visiting the Calvert Marine Museum in Calvert County, Maryland. This hidden gem not only captivated our imaginations with i

When I was a child, I remember reading Ranger Rick and loved all the articles about the different animals, to include Zoobooks! For over 10 years we have subscribed to Ranger Rick Cub, Ranger Rick Jr. Ranger Rick , Zoobooks and most recently, Dinosaurs mee the Dinos. All of their content is a wealth

Established in 1915 as one of the country’s first graduate programs in ornithology by Arthur A. Allen, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology is a research and conservation institute that offers an array of information, activities, and resources about birds to the public. Resources include information for v

According to webtribunal.net - there are about 2 billion websites, but less than 400 million are active! How do you know you have access to resources that are accurate and up to date? It isn't easy to navigate the world wide web these days. That is why here are Nature's Materials; we have curated a

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For the past three years, we have subscribed to The Week Junior magazine, and every weekly magazine has been worth it! Everything about the Week Junior magazine is done purposefully, which naturally makes it extremely educational. Like a steadfast companion on the journey of exploration, The We

Have you ever wondered if all diseases are contagious, or how does a cactus live without water, or what is Pickleball? These are just a few of the many wonders of the day questions answered in Wonderopolis. Created in 2010 by the National Center for Families Learning (NCFL), Wonderopolis provides a

It’s hard to fathom that once there were only 100,000 websites, one of them being archive.org or better known as Internet Archive. Established back in 1996, Internet Archive a nonprofit organization, set out to archive the Internet itself to include web pages, books and text, audio recordings, video

At Nature's Materials, we understand that there is a plethora of educational information online. It isn't easy to discern reliable, consistent resources from those based on opinion and clickbait. A reliable and trustworthy resource is the National Gallery of Art - Digital Education Resources. Durin

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