Get your magnifying glasses out and take a stroll to soak up the sights and sounds of nature... This is a fun outside activity allowing your children to experience the simple pleasures of fresh air in their lungs and dirt under their finger nails! Either complete the sheet as you walk and observe, or use as a follow up activity when you get back to class... Did you know this product is now also available in beautiful FREE seasonal variations? The little graphics have been changed to provide more accurate illustrations of what you might find as the seasons change. You can find these FREE variations here! • Fall/Autumn Nature Walk FREEBIE. • Winter Nature Walk FREEBIE. • Spring Nature Walk FREEBIE. • Summer Nature Walk FREEBIE. Looking for other nature resources? You might want to have a peek at these: Nature Exploration {Outdoor activities celebrating the environment}. Environmental Art {Activity pack + booklet}. Nature at Night {Moon, Stars, Constellations & Nocturnal Nature-Based Fun!}. ***************************************************************************** Customer Tips: How to get TPT credit to use on future purchases: • Please go to your My Purchases page (you may need to login). Beside each purchase you'll see a Provide Feedback button. Simply click it and you will be taken to a page where you can give a quick rating and leave a short comment for the product. Each time you give feedback, TPT gives you feedback credits that you use to lower the cost of your future purchases. I appreciate your custom and value your feedback – thank you! Be the first to know about my new discounts, freebies and product launches: • Look for the green star next to my store logo and click it to become a follower. You will now receive e-mail updates about this store. Product Format: • This download is a PDF and is formatted in US Letter size. Come and get Grubby with us! Green Grubs Blog Facebook Pinterest Instagram *****************************************************************************
As our students mature, so do their educational needs, but we don't need to say bye to the fun extras! We can still use nature study with middle schoolers.
I have come to the conclusion that the line between nature study and a nature journal is getting sort of fuzzy. You can have lots of natur...
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Create a Leaf and Bark Journal I ordered some blank books in advance of this project, but you could easily do this on paper. Autumn is the perfect time of year to do this in the northeast! We gathered leaves for rubbings from our immediate neighborhood and did bark rubbings while we were out walking around, labeling the bark rubbings if we knew the kind of tree. What you need: loose paper blank book (optional) crayons glue stick scissors leaf morphology chart (optional) Decorate your Leaf and Bark Journal I found some beautiful leaf stickers on sale at Michaels (don't forget your teacher or homeschooler discount, too!) and had the kids decorate their books: We then went outside, finding many of our leaves right in our own yard. We did our bark rubbings, noting the difference between the young and old trees, and we collected our leaves. Use a Leaf Chart We brought our laminated leaf morphology chart to identify the types of leaves we found: When we brought the leaves in we started rubbing and cutting them out to fit in our books, leaf on left, bark on right: Another one: I really enjoyed this activity and we plan to keep adding to it or start another one when it is full. You could also try pressing the leaves or laminating them to save them. Kick this Activity up a Notch If you have older kids, they will still enjoy this activity, but why not take it a step further? Ideas of topics to discuss: Tree life cycle Where do the leaves go after they fall? Why do trees have bark? What is its function? What do leaves do? What do you notice about the types of trees that grow where you live? How are they different from trees that grow in other climates? Why?
Using these ten free nature study lessons, you'll learn just how wonderful nature study can be for your homeschool in any season.
Research shows that most transcendent childhood experiences happen in nature. Letting your kids go off into the woods can literally be life-changing.
Creative forest walks, nature meditations and mindful activities to help you connect with nature.
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We turned a recent walk in the forest into a lesson on symmetry- such a fun, hands-on way for kids to learn math! We searched for symmetry outside and even created our own symmetry art using nature we had found on our walk! Follow our Math for Kids Pinterest board! Learning opportunities are everywhere you look. …
We turned a recent walk in the forest into a lesson on symmetry- such a fun, hands-on way for kids to learn math! We searched for symmetry outside and even created our own symmetry art using nature we had found on our walk! Follow our Math for Kids Pinterest board! Learning opportunities are everywhere you look. …
Creative forest walks, nature meditations and mindful activities to help you connect with nature.
Create unforgettable learning experiences with these nature-inspired homeschool activities. Watch your kids flourish in the great outdoors!
How to Incorporate Nature Studies Into Your Homeschooling All Year Long, Here are 12 Months of Nature Study Ideas, Nature Activities for kids, Spring Themes, Winter Themes, Fall Themes, and Summer Themes for simple educational ideas kids love. You'll Find Animal activities, Science for Kids, Galaxy, Ocean, Flowers, and so much more.
Nature study doesn't always have to be about the nature walk. In this creative lesson using leaves, nature study is tied in with math and art.
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It can be fun when taking nature walks, get your kids to observe what is happening around them, by giving them tasks on a walk. Get the kids to count the birds, find nests and insects. Guide them…
My kids love to learn more about the interesting creatures we come across on our nature walks. Since moving to Florida three years ago, we’ve seen dolphins, alligators, manatees, sea turtles, jellyfish, starfish, and a wide variety of tropical birds. Lapbooks are a great way to expand your nature study explorations. You can assemble them [...]
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Share Wildflower Ramblings!{This post may contain affiliate links, please see my disclosure policy.} My favorite activity, of all time, is taking walks on the trails with my family. I love being out in nature, getting some exercise, and sometimes just being silent. Lately, my son has taken to running the trails with me. We run ahead...
Charlotte Mason's nature study ideas are such an inspiration. Here are 25 summer nature study ideas to get you started + links to free printables!
Every year we have one co-op handicraft that is just plain crafty. This year I chose bleach pen t-shirts. I had seen some neat ones, but then during Christmas break we tried it out with less than w…
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It’s fall. In Southern California, this means the nights are a bit cooler, the days are a bit shorter, but for the most part, it’s the same as summer. My son is tired of “being sweaty.” He doesn’t want to go outside and do all the things. He wants air conditioning. I, too, want air...
Written by contributor Kris of Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers Though we’re not always consistent with including it, nature study is one of our favorite ways to spend some of our homeschool day. It’s fun, relaxing, interest-led learning in a real-world, hands-on environment. Following are five tips for making nature study an anticipated part of your family’s …
Art and science work well together. Carolus Linnaeus knew this well over 100 years ago! Learn more about his work with a free unit study and art lesson.
One of my FAVORITE parts of the day is Science time! My sweet scientists just finished up Unit 4: Earth Materials and Natural Resources. We did lots of experimenting these past couple of weeks. We began the unit with rocks. I read books on rocks and we talked about properties of rocks. My students get really excited to work on their interactive journals, so we went to work right away. My students did a little hands on with observing some rocks. They each had a rock to observe and recorded their findings into the journals. They used their rock's properties to make a cute craftivity, Rock Monsters. Each monster was unique. We compared salt water and fresh water and did a mini experiment. We talked about Natural Resources and Man-made Resources. I played this power-point for them so they could have a clearer understanding of the two. We did an anchor chart together as a class, did a picture sort and went on a nature walk to list some natural resources and man-made resources that they saw. Do you love science as much as I do??
Charlotte Mason nature study is simple to include in your homeschool with these 3 simple steps. Get outside and explore nature with your children!
Are you studying the Middle Ages or Medieval/Renaissance Times in your history this year? Maybe your children are just fascinated with princesses, knights and dragons. I love finding printables to supplement what we are studying in our homeschool, or to help peak my children's interest in a specific subject.
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Do you have a nature lover in your family? My children and I would all much rather spend the majority of our time out of doors. But sometimes, Mother Nature
I try to take a lot of walks around my neighborhood. On every walk, there is example after example of science concepts we teach in class. It’s essential that we get our students outside when we can and throw some legit real-world science their way. Nature walks are a fun way to do this, especially ... Read more
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We have a pretty cool nature trail near our school. It has a bridge over a stream, an octagon shaped meeting area, lots of foliage and variety of trees. We've been learning about habitats and ecosystems in science, and I'm itching to GET OUTSIDE and enjoy these things up close and personal. To help make our nature walk purposeful, instructional, and standards based-I created this observation guide for the students to use to document their discoveries. Put your walking shoes on friends, tomorrow I'm going "hiking" with 3rd graders! Click here for the freebie download.
