Spend May in the Garden with My Year Nature Journal

Nature Journal
Written By Rebecca Grabill
 

The FULL and expanded My Year Nature Journal is now available!

 
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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. Be sure to follow my Nature Education Pinterest board for even more resources!

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.

May Nature Journal

May we go outdoors yet? Of course! Flowers, cute, baby plants, a garden full of promise. May is one of my favorite months. I hope you’ll enjoying being outside as much as I will. Finally, no more snow!

A Walk Through May’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 look more closely at seeds, plants, germination and more! Find out all about decomposers with this video.

Great example of a well-planned garden

In this episode of Around the House, our daughter Rachel takes us on a tour of our little backyard garden here in Tennessee. One of our core family values is...

A Garden Guessing Game for Toddlers

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All About Seeds:

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

Plus, learn more about plants below.

How do seeds become plants?

Jessi and Squeaks show you how a tiny seed -- like the kind you eat in your trail mix! -- grows into a big plant! #education #science #elementary #learning -...

A seed time lapse

Kidney bean time lapse with soil cross section. Showing how roots ant upper part of plant grows. Play speed - 17280x (one shot every 9 minutes 36 seconds pla...

Recycling:

Recycling happens in nature through decomposition, but we can help by recycling things that take a long time to biodegrade.

All about recycling

Humans make a lot of garbage every day, and a lot of it ends up in big, smelly dumps. Luckily, there are things we can do to reuse a lot of our garbage and k...

Sesame Street Recycling

Murray and Ovejita are learning what happens to plastic after it gets recycled! Things that are recycled can even be made into something new. Join Murray and...

The Life Cycle of a Plant

Discover more about the plants below.

Learn about the Parts Of A Plant with Dr. Binocs. Did you know that plants are very similar to human beings? Join Dr. Binocs as he Zooms In on different part...

Enjoy exploring with the recommendations below (affiliate links).

 

A garden and a maze!

Every home library needs a full line of field guides.

Get out and garden!

 

Writer’s Corner:

With all this work on gardening, it’s easy to forget to write. You can plan an essay, story, even a poem the way you plan a garden.

Now that I have my topic, I'm ready to make a plan! I can think about the structure of my book and the subtopics I will include. Then I will be ready to star...
This short video will give examples of graphic organizers and explain how and why they are useful in the classroom.-- Created using PowToon -- Free sign up a...

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.

 

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

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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.

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Celebrate the Freedom of July with the My Year Nature Journal

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Enjoying the Outdoors in June with the My Year Nature Journal
Enjoying the Outdoors in June with the My Year Nature Journal

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Spend May in the Garden with My Year Nature Journal
Spend May in the Garden with My Year Nature Journal

Get outside this year! Yes, 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 May’s installment here, as well as helpful educational links and more ideas for crafts and fun.

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Things to Do With Bored Kids in April: My Year Nature Journal

Get outside this year! Yes, 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 March’s installment here, as well as helpful educational links and more ideas for crafts and fun.

March toward Spring with the My Year Nature Journal Printable
March toward Spring with the My Year Nature Journal Printable

Get outside this year! Yes, 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 March’s installment here, as well as helpful educational links and more ideas for crafts and fun.

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Midwinter Valentine: Celebrate with the My Year Nature Journal Printable

Get outside this year! Yes, 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 February’s installment here, as well as helpful educational links and more ideas for crafts and fun.

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

Get outside this year! Yes, 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 installment here, as well as helpful educational links and more ideas for crafts and fun.

Celebrate December With Your Free Nature Journal Printable
Celebrate December With Your Free Nature Journal Printable

Yes, 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 December’s installment here, as well as helpful educational links and more ideas for crafts and fun.

Rebecca Grabill

Rebecca has been writing since childhood, her first book about a kitten published between homemade cardboard covers in second grade. Although she studied religion and philosophy in university, she continued writing, earning an MFA from Hamline University and publishing multiple picture books (no longer with homemade covers) and a collection of poetry with a variety of New York and independent publishers. She has also published a wide array of fiction, essays, and poetry in magazines and journals and photographs for Getty Images. She balances writing with homeschooling the younger of her six children, launching her young adults, church activities, and overseeing a small flock of chickens in rural West Michigan.

www.rebeccagrabill.com
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