My Year Nature Journal
Can You Make the Outdoors…
Absolutely Irresistible?
Open Exploration
My Year Nature Journal is your companion for Charlotte-Mason-inspired outdoor education. It encourages problem-solving, hands-on experience, movement, creative expression, critical thinking, and so much more!
Writing & Journaling
Each month integrates language arts and writing. Experience journaling, creative writing, poetry, and practice foundational writing tools. At the end of your year, not only will your students have explored, experienced, and learned, they will have a keepsake journal to enjoy for years to come.
Delightfully STEAM
Students will explore the natural world through the lenses of art, science, observation and experience. Yet at the center of My Year Nature Journal is delight. Our world is complex, magical, mysterious, and above all beautiful. Embrace and celebrate the beauty of nature in every lesson.
Are You Ready to Begin Your Exploration?
My Year Nature Journal gives you 12 full months of nature journal activity and free-creation pages to support your nature/outdoor education. The journal is perfect for fans of Charlotte Mason, Montessori, kinesthetic and hands-on learning, or to simply enhance your enjoyment of the outdoors.
Each month contains:
Monthly teacher’s guide.
Outdoor hands-on activities for exploration for each week of the month.
Indoor rainy-day pages.
Science concepts, art, language arts, conservation/nature appreciation.
Writer’s corner.
Topics Covered by month:
January—snow, winter animals, birds, shelter, verbs
February—night animals, animal tracks, states of matter, characterization
March—textures, camouflage & mimicry, trees & soil, story structure
April—metaphor & simile, poetry, weather & graphs, spring, buds
May—flowers & seeds, gardens, life cycle of a flower, decomposition, recycling
June—bees, wetlands, food webs, parts of speech
July—fireflies & insects, night creatures, observation, thermal energy
August—sun & shadows, seasons, rocks, water cycle
September—seasons, observation, describing words, five senses
October—leaves, the color wheel, personification, spiders
November—gratitude, clouds, nature mandalas, winter habitats
December—constellations, evergreens, pine cones, gift-giving & lists
So Many Ways To Enjoy My Year Nature Journal
Or Download and Print your own!
The My Year Nature Journal gives you 12 full months of nature journal printable activities to support your nature and outdoor education. The journal is perfect for those who love Charlotte Mason, Montessori, kinesthetic and hands-on learning, or for those who simply want to enhance your enjoyment of the outdoors. It is designed to compliment the picture book, A Year With Mama Earth, but can easily be used independently. 195 pages of outdoor adventure!
Each month contains:
Monthly teacher’s guide with instructions and suggestions.
Outdoor hands-on activities for exploration--enough for one activity each week of the month.
Indoor rainy-day pages (because rain happens!).
A selection of science concepts, art, language arts, conservation/nature appreciation geared to Kindergarten through 4th grade to accompany themes in the picture book, A Year With Mama Earth.
Blank, grid-lined pages each month for free expression. Plus, if printed double-sided, the reverse of any page with a bleed-through risk will be grid-lined.
Writer’s corner for budding young authors!
Links to online expansions--an entire deep-dive into the monthly topics including curated videos, crafts and additional resources!
You'll also receive 4 beautifully designed color cover options to accompany any style from natural to fun to contemporary.
A Few Topics Covered, listed by month:
September—seasons, observation, describing words, five senses
October—leaves, the color wheel, personification, spiders
November—gratitude, clouds, nature mandalas, winter habitats
December—constellations, evergreens, pine cones, gift-giving & lists
January—snow, winter animals, birds, shelter, verbs
February—night animals, animal tracks, states of matter, characterization
March—textures, camouflage & mimicry, trees & soil, story structure
April—metaphor & simile, poetry, weather & graphs, spring, buds
May—flowers & seeds, gardens, life cycle of a flower, decomposition, recycling
June—bees, wetlands, food webs, parts of speech
July—fireflies & insects, night creatures, observation, thermal energy
August—sun & shadows, seasons, rocks, water cycle
A word about grade level and design:
The My Year Nature Journal is designed to serve students from kindergarten through about 4th grade. While not every page will be easy for a kindergartener to do independently, every month plan will have something for everyone. The re-use-ability value of this resource is high. You can print this journal and use as many years as you like and there will always be something new to discover.
You’ll notice the design is not the “typical” elementary style of chunky cartoons and bubble-letter fonts. I believe, as Charlotte Mason did, that children of all ages benefit from exposure to beauty, and will rise to the expectations set by design. This journal will easily become a keepsake showcasing a full year of exploration and expression.
Do you want to skip the hassle of printing? Do you need only one or two copies or want a beautifully bound nature journal that will be a keepsake for years to come? The paperback My Year Nature Journal is now available.
The FULL My Year Nature Journal is FINALLY HERE!!! MORE pages you won't find anywhere else, NEW cover options for all styles, EXPANDED educational opportunities!
Designed to compliment the picture book, A Year With Mama Earth, this printable includes Two options. Print the Teeny Tiny Nature Journal to make a half-sized booklet, just right for Preschoolers. Or print the Itty Bitty Nature Journal, especially sized for tiny toddler hands! Bind either according to this video (use a paper punch instead of an awl, with only two holes, to make it even easier) or however you like.
Find a curated selection of links, videos, and more Nature Journaling fun at my website. I hope you love this resource! If so, I would treasure your review or a comment at my website! Happy Journaling! :-D
Enhance your exploration with …
The Book That Inspired My Year Nature Journal
Month-By-Month Online Guides
Choose a curated collection of videos, crafts, and links to accompany your current month!
