Nature School: Lessons and Activities to Inspire Children's Love for Everything Wild (Nature School) [9780760378359]

Overview

Nature School is your destination for kid-friendly nature learning, where you can explore the natural world through engaging reading, beautiful illustrations, and more than 30 hands-on activities.

*2023 EUREKA! Nonfiction Children’s Honor Book*
*2023 American Scientist Holiday Gift Guide Selection*

Kids need a break from screens now more than ever. Screen-free time spent exploring and learning about the outdoors makes for happier, healthier, smarter kids. And playing in nature gives kids confidence and independence, promoting creativity and teaching responsibility. With Nature School, all ages will enjoy connecting with nature and becoming inspired to discover the wild places around them.

Travel through five of earth’s largest biomes, studying plants, animals, and their adaptations for survival—and learn hands-on through nature experiments explained in each lesson.From the arid desert to the salty seashore, investigate extraordinary ecosystems, discovering the role of predators and prey and learning about life cycles, climate, landscape, and more.

Inside you’ll find more than 30 hands-on activities designed to reinforce learning and spark creativity, including:

• Bark & Leaf Rubbings – explore tree diversity by creating textured art.
• Desertscape Diorama – model how plants and animals survive in harsh environments.
• Salt Dough Seashells – craft realistic shells while learning about marine life.
• Tornado in a Bottle – demonstrate weather patterns in a fun experiment.
• Nature Journaling – practice observation skills and reflection outdoors.

Whether you’re looking for an educational activity book, a tool for homeschool science, or a way to inspire outdoor play, Nature School is the perfect guide to help kids connect with nature while having fun.

The Nature School series is an engaging and interactive collection that inspires kids to explore the natural world through hands-on activities, science experiments, and creative prompts. Designed to foster curiosity, environmental awareness, and a love for outdoor learning, each book combines kid-friendly science facts with fun DIY projects, scavenger hunts, and vibrant illustrations to make nature education exciting and accessible. Perfect for young explorers, homeschoolers, parents, and educators, the series encourages children to connect with their surroundings, whether in their backyard, a local park, or beyond.

Also available from the series: Nature School: The Workbook; Nature School: Planet Earth; Nature School: Planet Earth: The Workbook; Nature School: In the Garden, and Nature School: In the Garden: The Workbook.