With our hectic and busy schedules, many of us don't spend as much time connecting with nature as we should. Time spent in nature or working with natural materials contributes to your child's healthy development in all domains. Nature experiences encourage children to develop their problem solving skills, increase their physical activity, improve their social interactions and can teach them to be compassionate and caring towards all living things.
Exploring their natural environment nurtures a sense of environmental stewardship. People will only preserve and protect what they know and understand so children must be provided with opportunities to know and explore nature.
Measuring and documenting the different sized leaves with centi-cubes.
Shading the perimeter of leaves.
Holding up her quirky leaf puppet.
Some beautiful snapshots of the girls mid flight trying to catch the falling leaves.
Unstructured outdoor time allows for spontaneous learning which promotes discovery and creativity.
Big smiles wearing his special leaf crown!
Using the puppet theater to create a puppet show with his leaf puppets.
Leaf printing using paint and rollers.
Checking the weather.
Sketching the sunflowers.
Exposing children to natural environments like our Back to Nature site allows for hands on learning and inquiry. We are so fortunate to have this beautiful, green area at our school!
The children express what they know about the nature through finger painting beautiful fall trees.
It's fun to get messy!
Looking back at the beautiful nature photo's they took during our photography workshop with Kate.
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