How to Teach Nature Studies Without a Curriculum

Nature studies are a vital part of beginning science. Unless we first learn to see our world in detail we can’t understand how it all fits together abstractly. Nature study allows us to make science learning come alive. The goal is to get children to notice, study, and enjoy nature. This is not a time to teach scientific information.
All students will pick something in nature to be the focus of their study.
Preschool - Kindergarten: copy the color of the item they chose.
First - Third Grade: attempt to use the correct color and copy the general shape. They should add as much detail as they can.
Fourth - Sixth Grade: use the correct color, attempt to match the shade, draw the correct shape, and add as much detail as they are able.
Prompt younger students to verbally answer and older students to write in their nature journal:
I wonder...
I notice...
It reminds me of...
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