To discover the secrets of nature through the 4 seasons, this colourful and engaging guide helps children organize small outdoor explorations, activities and workshops. An original way to get to know nature and learn to respect it.

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Structure of the book

Starting with some initial general advices, an illustrated list of things you must have when setting off on an exploration, and the explorer’s decalogue, this guide is devided into 4 sections, each seizing the opportunities that each season offers us: a specifc seasonal recipe, ideas for learning more about nature, guided observations, and suggestions for carrying out simple outdoor activities.

Spring

Spring observation and activities, flavours and colours, how to recognize the age of a tree, animals’ tracks and poops

Summer

Summer observation and activities, flavours and colours, how to recognize the leaves of trees, observing spiderwebs, butterflies and clouds

Autumn

Autumn observation and activities, recipe, what happens under a carpet of leaves and inside an old trunk, observing and recognizing tracks, the wind

Winter

Winter observation and activities, recipe, lights under snow, hibernation, observing and recognizing tracks, bird restaurants

The volume offers workshops, recipes, exploration, games, ideas to feel part of the natural world that surrounds us, learn to live with it and above all learn to respect it.

Workshops

Recipes

Explorations

Games

Leaf through some selected pages that have been translated into English to facilitate your evaluation:

THE AUTHOR

Manuela Ruaben A Trentino teacher, she lives at the foot of Mount Bondone. She has been a trainer since 2009, and is a scholar and expert in outdoor education. For more than thirty years, she has been sharing her days with children, planning, experimenting and getting excited with them every day.