Nature in the Classroom
Must-Haves
This is a list of Must-Haves to be included in your nature classroom and/or learning space
There are endless literacy possibilities for Nature ABC Cards in the classroom.
Have nature journals for each child to record their thoughts, observations, and adventures in.
Teach your children empathy for all living things by encouraging them to save bugs, not squish them!
Seashells can be can be used to help build math, literacy, cognitive, spatial, and art skills!
Have story stones to help foster creativity, literacy, and social-emotional skills.
Have stick rulers available for children’s exploration
Stones
Great learning tools (we will post about how to use stones in the classroom soon!)
4 sticks for a frame for children to work inside
Sticks to create mazes from
Sticks to help learn geometry
Sticks as manipulatives & as art tools
Y shaped Wonder Y sticks for story telling
Sticks for whittling
Sticks to make natural paintbrushes
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Items worth purchasing for your learning space
To safely observe animals closely and then release kindly back to their habitat.
For kids to use on a hike to bring their essentials and to use for collecting (preferably waterproof like this one)
To observe things in nature up close! Be sure to get quality magnifying glasses that are shatterproof and scratch proof like these!
Use natural looking animal puppets like (Folkmanis Animal Puppets) for story telling and play.
