Nature Study With Children

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Teaching Children About Their World

Studying nature with children can be a rewarding and educational pastime. It can help them understand science better. Nature study can help children understand their surroundings and learn to be observant.

Activities 

Some activities you can do with children while studying nature are:

-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 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.

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

Nature Pages 

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cabrialla steven wrote

its magnificiant and good for childrens.

Reply 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*****

ReplyPosted April 20, 2009

hlkljgk wrote...

there is little more important than instilling a love for nature in our kids.

ReplyPosted April 17, 2009

enslavedbyfaeries wrote...

Lovely ideas! My daughter absolutely love learning about nature.

ReplyPosted 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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ReplyPosted April 01, 2009

 
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