Are you looking for a notebook of nature based activities to use for ages 4-8? Then, I’m glad you stopped here! This blog gives you a look inside my Nature Activity Book. Last year, I scoured the internet looking for different nature/outdoor/seasonal based activities for my children. However, they either included a lot of supplies, involved hiking through the woods for long stints of time, or were just above the age range I was looking for.

In this post, I will show you the Table of Contents and a preview of every season. You can always go straight to my shop if you want. Let’s get to it!

One of the major aspects of Place Based Education is learning from your physical place. So, when it comes time to learn about trees, what better way to start than to teach students about the types of trees that surround them.

In this post, I will give instructions for completing the “What types of trees are around me?” activity, as well as ways to tweak it for different settings and ages. This activity has students take one leaf off of two or three different trees, and then determine what type of tree it is from the leaf. I did this activity with Kindergarten age in a homeschool setting. It was OK to do one on one, but would likely need to be done with a bit older elementary students if you are in a traditional school setting.