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Kids need life skills that matter – how to take care of themselves no matter what happens in the world. That’s why we’ve put together this resource – Learn to Homestead: Wild Berries. This unit study is just the 1st in our new Learn to Homestead Unit Study Series. Every book has its own theme and within that theme, we teach 5 projects:
• Growing or foraging: Find berries
• Cooking: Make berry jam and berry kombucha
• Preserving: Can berry jam
• Sewing: Make a wild berry harvesting bag
• Medicine-making: Make berry leaf tea and medicine from berry leaves
Plus, we include writing prompts, discussion questions, art ideas, poetry prompts, and more to make learning a multi-disciplinary approach! This guide is 80 pages long and full of our best knowledge on everything you need to homestead berries of your own.
Checkout our other Homestead Unit Studies:
Unit 2: Learn to Homestead: Respiratory Remedies
Unit 3: Learn to Homestead: Fall Fruit
Unit 4: Learn to Homestead: Spring is in the Air
Unit 5: Learn to Homestead: Wild Mushrooms
*Please note that this is a printable digital download and not a physical book.
Description
When we were thinking about how we, as natural health and herbal enthusiasts, could be a better resource to the homeschooling community (because many of us are also homeschoolers), we decided to stick with what we know. Homesteading – and all the projects that go with it, like growing and foraging for food, sewing, cooking, preserving, and medicine-making – was nearly a lost art. After the chaos of the last few years, interest is re-surging, but…many adults are learning these skills themselves for the first time. We don’t have generations of knowledge to hand down the way we once did.
That’s why we created this resource. We wanted to share hands-on, real-world projects that will teach kids skills they really need to know, no matter what else they do with their lives. Everyone can benefit from knowing how to take care of themselves in such basic ways!
Most ages can use this information to improve and develop homesteading skills, whether used as part of your home education program or for your personal life journey. We anticipate that this whole unit study can be completed in as little as two weeks (if you focus entirely on this), or as long as 6 weeks (if you choose a project a week plus bonus materials). Incorporate it into your homeschool however works for you.
Not a homeschooler? These projects make a great enrichment activity for any student, or even adults who want to learn some new skills in a practical way! Look for future unit studies in this series, coming soon!
Projects in Wild Berries:
- Forage for berries (blueberries, elderberries, blackberries, black raspberries, raspberries)
- Sew a bag to collect your berries
- Make berry kombucha
- Preserve mixed berry jam (refined-sugar-free)
- Make berry leaf tea as medicine
This guide is detailed, hands-on, and multi-disciplinary. In addition to step-by-step tutorials (see images for example pages), there are writing prompts, reading suggestions, art prompts, discussion questions, and more. This is a complete unit study that you can use as-is, or add on to (with our suggestions) depending on your family’s needs! You don’t have to gather a bunch of library books or extra materials if you don’t want to, and needed materials are clearly laid out on a per-project basis. Pick and choose what you want to do and when! (No major prep work necessary — major bonus for busy homeschooling moms.)
*Please note that this is a printable digital download and not a physical book.
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FAQs
Q: Is this a printed book or a printable digital download?
A: Printable digital download
Q: How will I receive it?
A: You will receive it via email as a downloadable file. You can also download it from your order confirmation page after purchase.
Catherine Forcier –
We’re new to foraging for berries, and this curriculum had a lot of good information to get us started. We found some berries where we vacation and were able to identify them and make sure they were safe to eat.
The unit projects are suitable for kids in elementary school. The wording was long, so I summarized most of the time after reading each project. So far we’ve made jam and kumboucha. I prefer water kefir for young kids to avoid the caffeine. I will have to tune up my sewing machine and get some fabric to make some foraging bags. I may make them smaller since they look quite large imo. Overall, I would recommend this info to new foragers looking to start learning/have school projects to apply how to use berries.
Brittany –
This is perfect for young learners, I would say 1st through 4th grades, who have no experience with wild berries. The awesome activities were engaging and we were able to spread them out over a two week period right as blackberries and raspberries were coming ripe–and we ended with some awesome jam at the end! Definitely a great summer unit study to have to get those kiddos outside and learning.
Heather Simmons –
My 9yo son and I went through this curriculum together. It brought up alot of questions, food supply for example, and also gave us great information on the nutrients in wild berries and led to further conversations about fresh food vs. Packaged food. There are 3 projects inside, with making Kombucha being our favorite. The extra literature and poems at the end were a great addition and made for sweet moments with even my 1yo! Would say this is for 1/2 Grade and up. You can go through thr curriculum in a month or less or spread it out over several months. I love that there are pictures of each berry and it highlights quite a few we had native to our area!
Brianna Crews –
I got this to use with my kindergarten aged child as we love to forage for wild blackberries near our home. The curriculum itself is more geared towards older children (upper elementary to middle school, I’d say), so I had to make some modifications to engage my child with it. It would’ve been nice to have more options for younger children included in it. I also wouldn’t recommend it if you are fairly experienced with berry foraging as much of it is information you and your child may already know. It does provide a lot of valuable information if you’re new to berry foraging though. We really enjoyed the literature portions that include book recommendations and poems to go along with the subject.