One of the best ways to perk up the school year during the winter is to get outside.
Yes, you heard right – get outside!
I know it’s cold, but I also know what “going stir crazy” feels like and how {even cold weather} nature walks can rejuvenate the spirit. Not to mention, there’s a world of nature waiting to be studied during the winter!
Nature in Your Notebook
To get you started in your nature explorations, I’ve created THREE fun notebooking pages that will guide you on walks from Valentine’s Day through those first sweet signs of spring. To download them, simply click on the graphics.
Lovely Winter Walk:
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, so how about taking a LOVEly Winter Walk where you spend some purposeful time in thankfulness for God’s winter creation?
Conifer Observation Sheet:
Conifers are popular trees to study during the winter since most of them continue to hold on to leaves and cones through the cold months. Print off one Conifer Observation Sheet per tree you intend to study to make comparisons from tree to tree.
Early Spring Beauty:
Spring will come soon – really it will! This Early Spring Beauty notebooking page will help you catch the very first signs of spring to let you know that God’s promises to renew never fail.
Some of my blogging friends are also on a mission to keep your family from the winter hum-drums! These wonderful ladies have created nature notebooking freebies for you, too!
- Jimmie from Jimmie’s Collage
- Lauren from Mama’s Learning Corner
- Amanda from Hearts and Trees
- Barb from Handbook of Nature Study
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Did you know I’m the author of the NaturExplorers series of nature studies?
Whether you simply need some creative nature walk ideas or would like to teach an entire unit study based on a nature topic (or anything in between), NaturExplorers titles will work for you!
More than 20 nature topics are available which provide you with nature walk ideas, hands-on experiments and activities, writing and research project ideas, Bible lessons, artist and composer study tie-ins, living literature lists, non-fiction and field guide suggestions, background information about the topic and several full-color notebooking pages!
NaturExplorers studies were written for 1st-8th graders, but several suggestions are provided to include your preschoolers & high school students.
Popular winter studies include:
Snow and Ice | Constant Conifers | Coping with the Cold
There’s even a winter-themed nature studies for preschoolers and kindergarteners!
Enjoy winter!
praise your God, Zion….
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