Description
What’s included in the Curious Trails Natural Living Guide:
LESSON ONE: GREEN CLEANING
• What are green cleaners? We’ll explore the impact of phosphates, VOCs, dyes, fragrances, and packaging.
• Learn what gives vinegar, baking soda, and citrus fruit their natural cleaning powers!
• Study and dissect a lemon.
• Make Lemon Spray and design a label for your new Household Cleaning brand.
• Conduct an experiment with baking soda to identify acids and bases.
LESSON TWO: NATURAL PEST CONTROL
• Discover how to identify ants and the three main reasons they enter our homes.
• Follow our natural tips for discouraging ant invasions and create a weekly chore wheel to keep on top of our ant deterrent tasks.
• Make your own Peppermint Ant Repellent.
• Set up an Ant Trail Study and observe their communication.
LESSON THREE: AROMATHERAPY
• Learn how essential oils are distilled from plant parts.
• Follow the path of a lavender scent molecule through our bodies to discover how aromatherapy works.
• Explore the health benefits of using lavender in our natural living routines.
• Make your own cross-stitch lavender sachet.
• Create nature-inspired clay diffuser disks to hang in your home.
LESSON FOUR: HEALTH & HYGIENE
• Explore where Epsom Salts come from and their health benefits, then make our own Epsom Salts bath bombs!
• Grow crystals to explore how Epsom Salts and Table Salts differ.
• Learn about the oat plant and the different types of oats we see at the market.
• Explore how we can use oats’ anti-inflammatory and moisture-giving powers in our natural living routines, then make our own oat baths!
UNIT CELEBRATION
Study nature poetry while enjoying fun-themed recipe.
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