My students love to be outdoors as much as possible and they also love it when I give them little check lists of things to do. So I put together a nature checklist and we headed outdoors to give it a go…
Remember… exploring the outdoors can create long-lasting memories
I just printed simple things for the children to do on our nature walk based on the things we have have in our own outdoor environment. I used Microsoft Word to create our check list and added a small picture at the end of each item on the check list as a picture prompt for the children to use as they worked their way through the check list…
We reviewed the items on our list before we headed outdoors to put our checklists of things to do in action…
Our checklist included things like follow a path…
And smell a flower. Of course, my students wanted to pick a few flowers (or technically weeds)Â along the way too to bring home to mom…
And we had to go down a hill…
And find a bug…
As the children explored the items on their nature list of to do’s, they also had fun adding their own ideas of things that would be fun to do…
If you don’t have access to typing up your own check list then you can do what my Instagram buddy over at Story Yoga did and write one up or invite your students to draw pictures to create their own!
Which reminds me, are you following me on Instagram yet?
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