Begin A New Habit: Get Outside with the My Year Nature Journal Printable

A Year with Mama Earth

By Rebecca Grabill

To celebrate the release of my third picture book, A Year With Mama Earth, I’m creating a nature journal inspired by Rebecca Green’s illustrations and the book’s lyrical text.

Find January’s printable nature journal pages below!

January Nature Journal

January, when everything begins anew. Resolutions, reflection, hopes and plans abound. Why not add a new goal of exploring outside at least once a week? I hope January’s Journal pages can help you!

If you haven’t yet started My Year Nature Journal, I strongly recommend card stock for the cover and something heavier than standard copy paper for the internal pages (28lb minimum). Either three-hole-punch and place in a binder or hole punch and hold together with rings. You’ll be adding more pages each month, so be sure your binder has plenty of room! 2” should suffice.

A Walk Through January’s Lessons:

Be sure to add your Month Sticker! Download the printable file at the end of this post. I’ve included a place on every month’s first page for students to draw a seasonal self-portrait.

This month we’ll dress to hide ourselves in winter. Will you wear white like a drift of snow? Or is your January world foggy gray or brilliant blue?

Robert Frost’s Winter Classic

Baby Jake in Winter

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All About Snow:

Along with your Nature Journal pages, you might enjoy these activities and printables.

• Try any of these snow experiments to explore snow’s amazing qualities.

• Check out how much snow you need to make a cup of water.

• Download the Snowy Day activity pack of cute, free printables.

Plus, enjoy the videos on snow below.

The Science of Snow

Have you ever wondered where snow comes from? Or why one winter day you get snow but another you get sleet or freezing rain? Learn the answers to those questions plus what makes snow fluffy and whether every snowflake really is unique in this brief educational video.

A Snow Song for Toddlers

Popular children's seasonal kids dance song about winter, preschool learning video "Snowflakes" with lyrics. Snowflakes is from the award-winning CD, "Seasonal Songs in Motion". Seasonal Songs in Motion CD Download: http://store.learningstationmusic.com/seasonalsongsinmotiondownload.aspx Seasonal Songs in Motion CD: http://store.learningstationmusic.com/seasonalsongsinmotion.aspx ************************** ★"Snowflakes" is a fun activity song where children sing, dance and play along as they explore a snowy winter wonderland.

Bird Feeder Ice Collage:

One of the neatest crafts I found when researching for this lesson was a DIY bird feeder that doubles as a gorgeous artistic collage, AND is fully biodegradable! No need for a plastic soda bottle here. ;-) Enjoy, and watch the videos below to help identify birds as you explore.

• Make the coolest (pun intended) winter feeder/collage!

• Or if freezing temperatures are in short supply, make this fully biodegradable ice cream cone bird feeder.

Bird songs can help you identify birds!

This video enables identification of common wintertime backyard feeder birds. It was designed for use by new and amateur birders. Visual characteristics and bird calls are provided to enable identification. Suggested feeder food is provided for some species.

How can you help birds in winter?

Animals have all kinds tricks to help them get through the winter, but there are things people can do to help them out! Join Jessi and Dino to learn about how you can help the birds in your neighborhood have a safer, warmer winter. ---------- Like SciShow?

Living in Winter:

Explore how birds survive in winter, and how you can build a quick winter shelter.

Winter is a tough season but birds have many ways of surviving through it. In this video, I go through a few of the ways they accomplish this.

This is a quick and easy-to-build emergency shelter for surviving in the cold snowy enviroment. Often called a "snow trench shelter" or "snow trench cave".

Enjoy exploring with the recommendations below (affiliate links).

Bird feeder kit.

Toysmith Beetle & Bee Build A Bird Buffet

Winter Survival blanket for the car.

Don't Die In The Woods World's Toughest Emergency Blankets | 4 Pack Extra Large Thermal Mylar Foil Space Blanket for Hiking, Marathon Running, First Aid Kits, Outdoor Survival Gear | Camo

Instant Snow!

SnoWonder Instant Snow Fake Artificial Snow, Also Great for Making Cloud Slime - Mix Makes 4 Gallons of Fake Snow

Writer’s Corner:

Watch these videos on action words (verbs) to enhance your writing!

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So that’s it! Sit back, download, print. Then *get outside* to enjoy the month while you can! On those yucky days, check out the videos above. And be sure to subscribe so you’ll be first to know when next month’s pages are available.

Update: All the pages are now done! Subscribe for a sample and other Nature Journal goodies!

To preview any of these items, visit my Teachers Pay Teachers store. You’ll be able to see several pages of each download.