Celebrate December With Your Free Nature Journal Printable
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 printable nature journal pages below!
December Nature Journal
Ah, December. The month of sparkly lights, gift-giving, and overflowing to-do lists. Set some time aside to enjoy nature with this month’s journal pages.
You’ll be observing, making gifts, collecting treasures, and exploring your winter world!
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 December’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 for winter weather. Is your winter snowy like mine, or do you need sunglasses and flip flops?
Fabulous lesson on giving (and receiving gifts) and needs vs. wants!
For Toddlers: The sweetest Twinkling Star Ever
All About Stars:
Along with your Nature Journal pages, you might enjoy these activities and printables.
Make your own constellation sewing cards with this download.
Turn your ordinary flashlight into a super-cool constellation flashlight.
Better yet, turn your child into a constellation!
Plus, enjoy the videos on constellations below.
What are Constellations?
Puppets + Science = Weird?
Treasure Boxes & Homemade Gifts:
December is the season of giving (though really, isn’t the whole year for giving?). Find inspiration for nature-themed gifts and instructions for the gift boxes I included in the nature journal below.
What could you put in your gift boxes? Try these recycled rock gifts or make pretty pendants from clay and leaves.
Video instructions for the craft included in your nature journal
Cute crafts and goofy, toddler-friendly narrator!
Trees in Winter:
Explore the differences between coniferous and deciduous trees with this video below.
Enjoy exploring December more with the recommendations below (affiliate links).
Constellations All the Time
Limited supply of pine cones? Not anymore!
Perfect for Rock Crafts
Writer’s Corner:
Watch these videos on fun with lists! Use lists to write poetry, or imagine a list for your favorite super villain! What would Darth Vader have on his Christmas list?
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.
Subscribe below for all the upcoming Nature Journal printables!
To preview any of these items, visit my Teachers Pay Teachers store. You’ll be able to see several pages of each download.
December
Nature Journal pages
Stickers!
Formatted for round Avery labels
I’d love to see some of your finished journal pages! Please send pics to rebeccawritesbooks@gmail.com or mention me @rebeccawritesbooks on IG and use the hashtag #myyearnaturejournal!
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.