The books I’m sharing today focus on prediction, utilizing interactive elements like holes to or peek through or flaps to lift and reveal. With the 50th annual celebration Earth Day this week, we’ll explore some of the wonders of nature all around us, and spring is a great time to do that - right in your own backyard or neighborhood.
Our dog, a collie with long hair, used to collect seeds for us! You can even take off your shoes and use your socks to collect seeds. Or just scroll down to get an idea of some activities you can do with children:
Get more ideas from NatureExplore’s Family Activity about Seeds. Have you ever looked at a dandelion puff really closely? They are pretty amazing: Examples include: acorn or walnut shells, pinecones (try shaking the seeds out), dandelion flowers, etc. Take a walk around your backyard, your neighborhood, or a nearby park to hunt for seeds. Harcourt/Scholastic.ĭiscover more books & ebooks about Gardens available from the Westerville Public Library. Listen to this one on her YouTube channel:Īdapted and illustrated by Janet Stevens (available as an e-book!). You can even see the author read the first part of this book on Youtube, as it was a OneBook selection for Pennsylvania in 2008:īy Johnette Downing. On another page, a black tadpole, shown with a round head on a slightly J-curved body, is described as “a comma in the long, long sentence of the stream.” Portis’ prose is structured in a nice, unhurried flow that denotes a story well planned and well executed, and her illustrations match the theme of exploring nature-they’re fresh, earthy-toned neutrals mixed with pops of lively green.By Katherine Ayres, illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott. The entire book is a delightful celebration of nature, and some riddles are particularly artistic and perceptive: a leaf says it serves as a “map of my own green home,” and the accompanying illustration on the next page highlights the similarity between the shape and veins of a leaf and the shape and branches of a tree. Readers are posed various puzzles, some trickier than others, as they progress through the day, from sunrise shining on a pillow, to the dark, starry night. (Pardon me-must be something I ate),” states another, which the turn of the page reveals is said by thunder. “I’m the rumble in the stomach of the storm. I’ll count out tickles across your hand,” reads one clue, while the following page reveals an inchworm. Intriguing riddles introduce different aspects of a lush, green day that are revealed on the following page.
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