Thursday, March 22, 2012

Signs Of Spring Nature Hunt



It's spring time! The winter is officially behind us and nature is experiencing its rebirth. I thought the perfect way to celebrate would be to experience it firsthand. And that's just what we did! We went on a nature walk and hunted for signs of spring.

I began by talking to R about the spring. I asked him questions like:

"What do you see in the spring, that you don't see in the winter?"

"What do you hear?"

"What do you think about when you think of spring?"

He had some wonderful answers and it really got us thinking about the new season. I asked him to keep all of that in mind as we began our walk. Then I gave him his backpack full of fun things to take with us. I included a digital camera for his use, binoculars, and a few other miscellaneous items. I also brought along a nature journal printable and a box of colored pencils. 


I made this printable for the occasion and you're welcome to download a copy for yourself. All I ask is that you do not redistribute and that you download for your own personal use. Just click the picture to download and print.

The Hunt For Spring


He was really excited about finding clues in nature. We explored and played. We enjoyed the beautiful weather. Ours was a very long walk around a nearby park, but you could even do this activity for 15 minutes in your own backyard.

Spring is here! Here's some proof.



At one point, R decided that he would like to use the nature journal page. I brought it along in case he was inspired to draw on the walk, but I wasn't going to push the subject. I thought that it would also be a great way to recap the walk once we were home, if he wanted. 


For the things he had seen, he drew a leafy green tree, an ant hill, and bee wings. He drew a happy bumble bee for the "I heard" section and a few flowers for the smell. He surprised me by drawing the wind as the very first picture under the "I felt" category. He later added a cute little inch worm that had inched up his arm. He also pointed out that the weather section neglected to have a "windy" option and drew one. He sat down and concentrated on drawing the springtime surroundings. He really enjoyed taking the time to soak in the season.

Is it spring time where you are?

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17 comments:

  1. I love this - we've done a couple of nature walks as J has liked to see the development of Spring it started back in early february here. I love the journaling page as well

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  2. Looks like you had a wonderful spring nature walk and your nature hunt printable is great! It would be lovely if you'd like to share this post with our Spring Carnival. :)
    http://sunnydaytodaymama.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/all-year-round-blog-carnival-spring.html

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  3. We've been having so much fun on our Hunting for Spring walks too. The flowers are starting to fade away now and making us a little bit sad. http://theeducatorsspinonit.blogspot.com/2012/03/happy-1st-day-of-spring.html

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  4. what a useful printable! he looks like such a little man with his clipboard and backpack!

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  5. Oh wow! I love the nature collages! Such beautiful signs of Spring captured on film :)))

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  6. Such a lovely post. I hope you link it up to the Outdoor Play Party if you haven't already. I am one of the hosts. ;)
    I love the photo collage. What program did you use to make it?
    Your new design is FANTASTIC!!! I am so glad you are back to blogging, and I can't wait to read more.

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  7. Such a lovely post. I hope you link it up to the Outdoor Play Party if you haven't already. I am one of the hosts. ;)
    I love the photo collage. What program did you use to make it?
    Your new design is FANTASTIC!!! I am so glad you are back to blogging, and I can't wait to read more.

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  8. I can't wait to print out the page and go on a nature walk! I love Spring!!

    I'm so glad you're back!!!! :) :)

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  9. Thanks everyone for visiting and commenting! We did have a lot of fun with it.

    And I thought he looked like such a little man too, Andie!

    And I've linked up now, sunnymama. Thank you for the reminder :)

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  10. This is a really great idea!!! And I cannot tell you how much I love the look of your blog- and the name!!!

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  11. Love this!! I have to laugh because I was totally planning on doing this with the girls next week! Great minds think alike!!

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  12. This is a lovely activity!

    It WAS spring last week, but we're back to freezing this week! At least we have some tree blossoms to admire :)

    Thanks for sharing with Learning Laboratory at Mama Smiles =)

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  13. love a nature hunt and the idea of using a grid. It would be signs of Autumn here, but just as beautiful.

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  15. Love this....just posted on my blog!

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  16. Love this....just posted on my blog!

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  17. Thanks for the printable! It was great to spend the day in the sun doing this. I linked to it o my blog.
    You can take a look at it here if you want: http://practicallyhomemade.blogspot.ca/2013/04/signs-of-spring-hunt.html

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