Fact finding mission workbook

January fact finding mission

Introduction

This short book is a series of facts regarding January for educational purposes. It can be used independently as a research tool for students to investigate the month of January and understand the month from a historical context looking at important features of the month, and the significance of particular artefact or symbols that are often associated with January, or it can be used as the starting point for a study of work on one or more of the topics covered.

Topics covered

•Origins of January

•January birth flowers

•January tree of the month

•January birthstone of the month

•Events in January

•January through the artists eye

•January Anniversaries

How to use this resource

The structure of the book is ideal a learning tool for the start of a school project, a personal project or as a home education resource perfectly.

Designed to be suitable for children of upper primary / lower secondary school age (7-13) this Journal is ideal for fostering a young child's love of facts and gain an awareness of historical events, nature, science and art whilst understanding the context of a season they are currently living in. It is produced in a manner that it can be used anywhere and extended on in such a manner that is suitable for the individual reader. It can be dipped into year on year or used consistently through the month of January as an activity to continually nourish a child's natural desire to research, explore and develop their own direction from the information they have gained.