Journals can be a great learning experience all year long
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What better learning experience is there than to document nature's splendor, with a nature diary! It's a great project for any age including kids! Anyone can draw, write, record and photograph what they see.
Any season is a season for Journaling;
Spring means outdoors for many who have cooped up all winter, like birds and bugs, trees and plants. Summer is a time for thriving for many plants and animals, caring for their young, plants blooming and harvesting. As well, Autumn harvests and the storing and shedding of animals and plants. Winter is time for hibernation and wild weather patterns. Let's face it, all year long nature evolves, the skies not only change through the seasons, but change day and night, as do the tides.
The changing seasons are a perfect time to think of Journaling.
Journaling is a wonderful pastime and an educational hobby. With the changing season comes changes in nature. You can track the seasons of trees and flowers. You can track nature's life cycles like that of a butterfly from and egg to a caterpillar to a full grown butterfly. You can watch animals come out of, or prepare and go into, hibernation.
Things you can record in a Journal:
Learn to look for patterns in nature such as heart shaped leaves, camouflage or repetitive patterns. Find nests and cocoons, take photos of changing leaves, sprouting flowers and new blossoming plants. Watch gardens grow and the changing seaside. Learn what different species eat, which ones are endangered, and learn about the food chain. Collect different kinds of natural species or their parts such as shells or barks from trees. Or simply find the beauty in any natural thing!
Here is a list of additional ideas for a Seasonal Journal:
- Color in Nature
- Art in Nature
- Anatomy and Architecture
- Planted Seedlings
- Budding and Blooming Flowers
- Budding and Blooming Trees
- Birds and Nests
- Bugs and Insects
- Cacoons and Bee Hives
- Hybernation and Habitats
- Otters and Damns
- Breeding and Birth
- Sky and Clouds
- Changing Leaves
- Collecting bark, leaves, insects or shells
- More
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How to document in your Journal:
- Draw
- Paint
- Photograph
- Write Stories
- Write Poems
- Write Haiku
- Describe Objects
- Color Match
- Collect specimens
- Save seeds
- Collect images from magazines
- Decorate
How to make a Scrapbook:
- Buy a notebook or scrapbook
- Use any kind of paper
- Use paper
- Use cloth
- Recycle papers, scraps and bags
- Recycle cardboard
See many more ideas and download helpers here:
- A Printable Nature Journal for you to download for free.
- Free Nature Discovery Kit to Download
- Our Nature Magazine of additional articles and ideas for you to explore.
- DIY Nature Journal Ideas Pinterest Board
- Our Creative Art Journal Ideas Pinterest Board
Be a Planetpal! Come up with some natural ideas and recycle ideas you can use in your journal and share it with us!
