Wonderings: October Homeschool Field Guide

Get Curious About the Unknown

What happens inside your brain when something scares you?

And why can that very same racing-heart, butterflies-in-your-stomach feeling sometimes be fun?

The October Wonderings Homeschool Field Guide invites your family to explore fear, excitement, curiosity, and the unknown through science, history, nature, books, creativity, conversation, and hands-on learning.

This month, kids will discover what happens in the brain when we feel afraid, why fear can protect us, and why uncertainty sometimes makes us want to run away and sometimes makes us want to know more. Along the way, they’ll investigate the mystery of Atlantis, uncover hidden colors inside autumn leaves, explore the world after dark, follow questions worth researching, create, experiment, and discover just how much there is to notice when we’re willing to look a little closer.

Inside this month’s Field Guide, your family will:

• Explore The Fear Lab, a hands-on investigation of fear, excitement, the brain, and why our bodies react the way they do.
• Become historical detectives and investigate The Mystery of Atlantis.
• Experiment with leaf chromatography and discover the pigments hiding inside green and autumn leaves.
• Head outside after dark for the Night Sky & Nocturnal Nature Wonder Workshop.
• Explore questions about fear, courage, the unfamiliar, and why people sometimes choose to do things that scare them.
• Enjoy October Daily Sparks, seasonal books, crafts, fine arts, and creative writing.
• Explore fall through pumpkins, changing leaves, seasonal foods, science, and hands-on activities.
• Practice noticing the difference between something that is dangerous and something that is simply unfamiliar.

It’s an invitation to follow curiosity into the unknown, investigate what you don’t understand yet, and discover that fear and uncertainty don’t always mean stop.

Sometimes they begin with a question:

I wonder what will happen.

Download the October Wonderings Homeschool Field Guide and spend the month questioning, investigating, creating, exploring, and discovering what happens when curiosity gets the last word.