Teaching Children About Their World
Contents at a Glance
Activities
-nature walks
-keeping a nature journal
-collect things such as leaves, pressed flowers, bugs, acorns, pine cones
-photography
-scavenger hunts
-keeping critters (such as worms, crickets, pill bug, butterflies) as "pets" to study
-notebooking
-lapbooking
-interactive notebooks
Nature Activities
- Autumn
- Activities for Autumn
- Winter
- Activities for Winter.
- Spring
- Activities for spring.
- Field Journal
- The Field Museum | Underground Adventure - Just for Teachers »
- Field Guide
- The Field Museum | Underground Adventure - Just for Teachers »
- Worm Bins
- The Field Museum | Underground Adventure - Just for Teachers »
Nature Books
Nature Guides Online
- Enature
- A very comprehensive guide.
- Trees
- Help identify a tree.
- Discover Life
- -- Identification guides and checklists of plants and animals
- Insect and Spider Identification
- Online identifier
- What Bird
- Identify birds in North America for bird watching or as a bird guide. Search engine for identifying birds. For birders and identification of wild birds.
Field Guides
Nature Journals
Nature Journals can be simple or elaborate. An art sketch book is great to start a nature journal in. The child can draw what he/she sees, identify it, give some information about the discovery and date it. Another way to do a nature journal is in notebooking style in a 3-ring binder with notebooking pages.
Notebooking Pages
- Bird Pages
- Free bird notebooking pages.
- Bird Pages
- More bird pages
- Journal Pages
- Here are several nature journal pages.
- Nature Journal Pages
- Several Nature pages to choose from.
- Free Printables - wild birds, butterflies
- Free Printables
- Owl Notebooking Pages
- 4 different types of owls.
Poetry
Poetry is a great way to add to nature journals. There are tons of poems about nature to learn and copy or your child could try to write their own.
Poetry Links
- A Year With Birds
- A collection of bird poems.
- Nature Poems
- An index of Nature poems.
- Nature Poems
- Visit this site for people who love Nature poems and learn about the poets from their biography.
- Poetry in Nature - Nature Poems
- Poetry in Nature, Nature Poems, Poems about Spring, Summer, fall , Winter, Animals, Pets, Seasons, Oceans, the Wild and all of nature..
Coloring Pages
- Wild Flowers
- Coloring pages of various wild flowers.
- Coloring pages wildlife - Free, printable, realistic.
- Coloring pages wildlife. Free realistic colouring pictures. E
- Forest Animals Coloring Pages
- Forest Animals and forest woodlands theme coloring pages suitable for toddlers, preschool and kindergarten.
- Wildlife Coloring Books
- Regional
- Bird Coloring Book
- 50 Birds Site
- Butterfly Coloring Book
- 50 Birds Site
- Flower Coloring Book
- 50 Birds Site
- The Mammal Coloring Book
- 50 Birds Site
- The Marine Mammal Coloring Book
- 50 Birds Site
- Wild Cats Coloring Book
- 50 Birds Site
- The Lizard Coloring Book
- 50 Birds Site
- Frog Coloring Book
- 50 Birds Site
- Fish Coloring Book
- 50 Birds Site
- Wildlife Coloring Book
- 50 Birds Site
- Celebrating Wildflowers
- - Just For Kids - Coloring Wildflowers
- Wildflower Coloring Book
- Index of Texas Hill Country Coloring Book listed by common name.
- Celebrating Wildflowers
- Several wildflower coloring books to choose from.
- Animal Coloring
- Enchanted Learning
Coloring Books
Nature Pages
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Sunflowers
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Sunflowers are a beautiful flower that come in many different sizes. Many breeds grow as tall as 7- 10 feet tall or taller, but some breeds are also very short like most other flowers. My little guy and I as a homeschool experiment are going to try t...
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Nature Study- Robins
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Robins are traditionally considered to be one of the first signs of spring. Around our house, though, we see robins all year round, even in the middle of winter. Robins are a migratory bird, but can be sometimes attracted to your backyard by making a...
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Nature Study- Cardinals
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Cardinals are a beautiful bird. The males are bright red and have a crest on their heads. The females also have a crest, but they are more of a brown color. Photo Credit: Dr. Thomas/US Fish and Wildlife Service
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Nature Study- Hummingbirds
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Hummingbirds are fun little birds to watch. They love to eat nectar and are usually found near bright colored flowers. Picture Credit: Karney, Lee/US Fish and Wildlife Service
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Animal Study- Elephants
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Elephants are a fascinating animal to study. They are the largest land animal in the world and live in the wild on two continents, Africa and Asia.
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cabrialla steven wrote
its magnificiant and good for childrens.
Posted July 01, 2009
KarateKatGraphics wrote...
Wonderful resource! Our school district is starting some outdoor ed. through the PTO next year--I'm hopeful. My kids love any chance to be outdoors, esp. my oldest. 5*****
Posted April 20, 2009
hlkljgk wrote...
there is little more important than instilling a love for nature in our kids.
Posted April 17, 2009
enslavedbyfaeries wrote...
Lovely ideas! My daughter absolutely love learning about nature.
Posted April 13, 2009
Wysiwigs wrote...
Nice lens and some wonderful ideas! I'm off to check out your coloring pages :o) 5*
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Posted April 01, 2009
