Mini Guide to Winter Nature

Teaching outdoors in winter

Winter Curriculum Connections:

Journaling Prompts for Winter

Nuts for Acorns

Maps, Tracks & Trails

Force, Weight, Friction & Slope

Trees in Winter

Beaver Explorations

Woodland Bakery

Activities and Games:

A movement based activity to practice understanding of the freezing temperature, states of matter and related vocabulary.

A movement based activity to practice understanding of freezing temperature, as well as vocabulary like "precipitate" and "evaporate."

A plethora of winter lessons, stories, activities, and curriculum connections broken up by grade (K-12). Something for every teacher can be found here!

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Winter Scavenger Hunt

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Animal Tracking Guide

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Snowflakes Galore!

Snowflake Catcher (you can also use black construction paper)
Snowflake Thermometer

Field Guide to Snowflakes

Shapes & Types of Snowflakes

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Nature scavenger hunts with the Blue Hill Heritage Trust.

Evergreens Scavenger Hunt

Free From the Freeze! Rescuing frozen creatures from their pods

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Winter Scavenger Hunt

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Printable Extensions

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Songs with Movements:

We adapted this song from one we learned from The Upper Valley Waldorf School, and mistakenly gave credit to Vermont Farm and Wilderness...but they are great...

JACKY FROST

~ Adapted from song learned at Upper Valley Waldorf School

Lyrics

a big red oak

You can play with the volume, tempo and words of this song to match your environment.

play song

Lyrics & Movements