Click to Download MOSS + LICHEN Nature Journaling Pack
Hello, friends!
I’ve been working on something super exciting (and a little nerve-wracking, truth be told) over the past few months and I am finally ready to share.
First — some background info.
If you follow me over on Instagram, you know how important nature study is to our family. My husband is a forester for goodness sake. 🙂
My oldest just turned six, and he’s at that great age of wanting to discover all nature has to offer, and learn the names of everything and how it all fits together. But nature journaling was daunting for him. The interest was there — but he just doesn’t have the skill set yet to express all of his wonderful thoughts on paper.
That’s why I started putting together these little nature journal guides. My hope is that they will help children journal through subjects within a specific habitat:
The Forest, The Pond, The Meadow, The Mountain, The Garden, The Night Sky.
Each habitat will cover 6-8 subjects, with an 8.5×11 poster and flashcards (hand-painted by yours truly), a coloring sheet and a nature journaling prompt.
(Side note: I love that younger siblings can do the coloring sheet and be included in the lesson)
Sometimes my boy likes drawing his observations right on the page and sometimes he’ll draw in his blank journal. Sometimes he’ll use the illustrations as a guide to sketch out what he’s observing. Sometimes I’ll print the coloring page on cardstock paper and he paints with watercolors.
We use these a lot of ways — I usually let his interest guide how we use them.
I very much hope these little nature journaling guides can be helpful for others getting started with nature study – and trust me – they have been kid tested!
(Fun Fact: when I presented my son with the first – very different – version, he said it was and I quote, “too boring.” Ouch!! Brutal honesty, folks.)
So – friends – I’d love for you to download this Moss + Lichen pack, use it with your kids and tell me what you think.
Click to Download MOSS + LICHEN Nature Journaling Pack
The Forest Nature Journaling Guide is Coming Soon!
(We use Exploring Nature With Children for our nature curriculum and love it – I highly recommend!)
These look gorgeous, my son will love these!
Thank you, I hope he does enjoy them!!
Thank you! We gathered some moss during our evening walk, and we’re excited to use these beautiful printables for our lesson tomorrow.
These are just so beautiful! May I ask, are they a good reflection of what is expected for the seasonal journal packs? Like a little sample idea, so to speak… Thanks for input!
Yes! The seasonal journals have a bit more along the lines of activities, crafts, book lists and more info in general. There are six nature topics within each season’s journal. I hope you enjoy! Blessings, Natalie
Thank you! This is beautiful.
This is perfect, he design, content, and activities are great. Thank you for your generosity I sharing and creating such quality pieces.