Nature Books For Kids

Have you noticed? Fall migration has begun. It’s often less obvious than the spring migration when animals feel an urgency to get to their breeding grounds. As science educator Don Salvtore said,

“We all see animals for a season or two, perhaps in our own backyard, and then they’re gone. We don’t think of where they came from or where they go.”

In the book Going Home children gain new appreciation of these animals and the amazing journeys that many animals take twice a year.

Going home, going home, we feel the urge to go.

Its time for us to travel on, it’s something we just know.

Many of us look for food, others find a mate.

And when the weather starts to change, there is no time to wait.

Use these free downloadable bookmarks with your students as you explore these activities from the book.

Read more about the fall migration at Dawn Publications.

  Come along on a safari! In Over in the Grasslands: On an African Savanna you’ll find elephants that squirt, giraffes that slurp, hornbills that toot, and seven more fascinating animals and their babies. Not to mention a”hidden” animal  on each page. Africa’s savanna is home to a delightful diversity of critters! This is the eighth book in Marianne Berkes’ series based on the […]

Our Moon is so present in our lives–always changing and freely observable. Last night I went outside and watched the moon rise. It was so full and round! But I know in just a few nights it will seem to have changed its shape. But the moon doesn’t actually change it’s shape. It only looks that way to us on […]

After a long summer, how do you get kids back into the swing of school? One way is to build on their summer experiences. A recent box office hit was the movie “Finding Dory,” with a lovable (albeit grouchy) octopus named Hank, who used all kinds of tricks to escape from the aquarium. Kids loved Hank, so why not capitalize […]

Gardens are as unique as the gardeners who create them. What will you plant in your garden this year? You can introduce children to the wide variety of fruits and vegetables that grow in a garden by playing a guessing game. Here’s the first riddle: Delicious, nutritious, what could it be? In spring there are blossoms all over the tree. […]