soon I will be adding crafts, songs and other activities and stories based on themes listed and sometimes on specific books
For more ideas and activities, checkout my Pinterest Kids boards Kids, Nature, Outdoor Play, Gardening and Kid Stuff - Reading, Music, Crafts and More
Color
Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert
Red Sings from the Treetops a year in colors by Joyce Sidman
Color me a Rhyme Nature Poems for Young People by Jane Yolen
Give Yourself to the Rain poems for the very young by Margaret Wise Brown
Shout! Little Poems that Roar by Brod Bagert
Poetry
Red Sings from the Treetops a year in colors by Joyce Sidman
Butterfly Eyes and other Secrets of the Meadow by Joyce Sidman
Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back a Native American year of Moons
by Joseph Bruchac and Jonathan London
Color me a Rhyme Nature Poems for Young People by Jane Yolen
A Stick is an Excellent Thing
Flowers/Plants/Gardens
Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert
Jacks Garden by
Jo MacDonald had a Garden by Mary Quattlebaum
Grandpa's Garden by Stella Fry
Dandelions, Stars in the Grass by Mia Posada
Over in the Garden by Jennifer Ward
Frogs
Little Green Frog adapted by Rozanne Lanczak Williams
Five Green and Speckled Frogs illustrated by Constanza Basaluzzo
Frog Girl by Paul Owen Lewis
A Boy, A Dog and A Frog by Mercer Mayer (wordless)
A Boy, A Dog, A Frog and A Friend by Mercer and Marianna Mayer (wordless)
One Frog Too Many by Mercer and Marianna Mayer (wordless)
Frog On His Own by Mercer Mayer
Frog Where Are You? by Mercer Mayer
Rain
Listen to the Rain by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault
The Rain Puddle by Adelaide Holl
A House of Leaves by Kiyoshi Soya
Rain by Robert Kalan illustrated by Donald Crews
Rain by Peter Spier (wordless)
Give Yourself to the Rain poems for the very young by Margaret Wise Brown
Rocks
Under One Rock bugs, slugs and other Ughs by Anthony D. Fredericks
Everybody Needs a Rock by Byrd Baylor
If You Find a Rock by Peggy Christian
If Rocks Could Sing a discovered alphabet by Leslie McGuirk
A Rock is Lively by Dianna Hutts Aston and Sylvia Long
Trees
Who Live in a Tree? by Susan Canizares
I Wish I had a Big, Big Tree by Satoru Sato
This is the Tree by Miriam Moss
My Mother Talks to Trees by Doris Gove
Our Tree Named Steve by Alan Zweibel
The Great Kapok Tree, a tale of the Amazon Rain Forest by Lynne Cherry
The Big Tree written and illustrated by Bruce Hiscock
Once There was a Tree by Natalia Romanova
A B CEDAR an Alphabet of Trees by George Ella Lyon
Leaves
We're Going on a Leaf Hunt by Steve Metzger
The Leaves on the Trees by Thom Wiley
Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert
SKY
Sky Color by Peter H. Reynolds
Blue Sky by Audrey Woods
Bees
Buzzy the Bumblebee by Denise Nelson
The Beeman by Laurie Krebs and Valeria Cis
Butterflies
The Butterfly Alphabet Book by Brain Cassie and Jerry Pallotta
Where Butterflies Grow by Joanne Ryder
Fairy Flight written and illustrated by Tracy Kane
A Butterfly is Patient by Dianna Hutts Aston and Sylvia Long
Sticks
Not a Stick by Antoinette Portis
Stanley's Stick by John Hegley
Anansi and the Magic Stick by Eric A. Kimmel
A Stick is an Excellent Thing
Clouds
The Wind and the Three Clouds
The Cloudmakers by James Rumford
Little Cloud by Eric Carle
Wind
The Wind and the Three Clouds
The Wind Blew by Pat Hutchins
Like a Windy Day by Frank Asch and Devin Asch
Brer Tiger and the Big Wind by William J. Faulkner
Birds
Feathers for Lunch by Lois Ehlert
The Song of the Day Birds and the Night Birds by Dahlov Ipar
Seeds
One Bean by Anne Rockwell
A Seed is a Promise by Claire Merrill
Ten Seeds by Ruth Brown
Seeds! Seeds! Seeds! written and illustrated by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace
What's This? a Seed's Story by Caroline Mockford
The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle
A Seed is Sleepy by Dianna Hutts Aston and Sylvia Long
Tracks
Wild Tracks! by Jim Arnosky
Animal Tracks written and illustrated by Arthur Dorros
Tigers
How Tiger got his Stripes as told by Rob Cleveland
Brer Tiger and the Big Wind by William J. Faulkner
Alphabet to get outdoors
The Yucky Reptile Alphabet Book by Jerry Pallotta
The Furry Animal Alphabet Book by Jerry Pallotta
The Underwater Alphabet Book by Jerry Pallotta
O is for Orca : A Pacific Northwest Alphabet Book text by Andrea Helman
The Butterfly Alphabet Book by Brain Cassie and Jerry Pallotta
Moon
The Moon Jumpers by Janice May Udry
I Took the Moon for a Walk by Carolyn Curtis and Alison Jay
Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky as told by Elphinstone Dayreil
Moon Rope un lazo a la luna by Lois Ehlert
Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back a Native American year of Moons
by Joseph Bruchac and Jonathan London
Ants
The Ants Go Marching illustrated by Jeffrey Scherer
One Hundred Hungry Ants by Elinor J. Pincezes
a few pourquoi tales in picture book form
Why the Sun and the Moon live in the Sky as told by Eliphinstone Dayreil
How Tiger Got His Stripes as told by Rob Cleveland
The Eye of the Needle retold and illustrated by Teri Sloat
based on a Yupik tale as told by Betty Huffman
Quillworker a Cheyenne Legend written and adapted by Terri Cohlene
The Seventh Sister a Chinese Legend retold by Cindy Chang
Why Lapin's Ears are Long and other tales from the Louisiana Bayou adapted by Sharon Doucet
How Chipmunk Got His Stripes retold by Joseph Bruchac and James Bruchac
The Archer and the Sun a tale from China as told by Rob Cleveland
Moon Rope un lazo a la luna by Lois Ehlert
Rainbow Crow retold by Nancy Van Laan
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears retold by Verna Aardema
The First Strawberries a Cherokee story retold by Joseph Bruchac
Why the Crab has no Head an African tale retold and illustrated by Barbara Knutson
Anansi the Spider a tale from the Ashanti by Gerald McDermott
Berry Magic written by Teri Sloat and Betty Huffman based on old Yupik story
Frog Brings Rain a Navajo tale rewritten by Patricia Hruby Powell
Zinnia: How the Corn was Saved a Navajo tale rewritten by Patrica Hruby Powell
Movement Books
Quick as a Cricket by Audrey Woods
listening
The Listening Walk by Paul Showers
Listen to the Rain by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault
The Other Way to Listen by Byrd Baylor and Peter Parnall
Listen, Listen by Phillis Gershator and Alison Jay
Walks
I Went Walking by Sue Williams
I Took the Moon for a Walk by Carolyn Curtis and Alison Jay
The Listening Walk by Paul Showers
Ruby's School Walk by Kathryn White
Crinkleroot's guide to Walking in Wild Places by Jim Aronsky
We're Going on a Bear Hunt
We're Going on a Lion Hunt adapted by Margery Cuyler
We're Going on a Leaf Hunt by Steve Metzger
using folktales and other books not obviously nature related a few books and suggestions
The Magic Wings, A Tale from China by Diane Wolkstein
Llang and the Magic Paintbrush by Demi
The Old Woman and Her Pig
My Friends by Taro Gomi
The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Eugene Trivizas
The Paper Princess by Elisa Kleven
Roxaboxen by Alice McLerran
Honey I Love poem by Eloise Greenfield
Songs
The Bear Went over the Mountain adapted by Rozanne Lanczak Williams
Who Took the Cookies from the Cookie Jar? by Bonnie Lass and Philemon Sturges
Jo MacDonald Had a Garden by Mary Quattlebaum
Jo MacDonald saw a Pond by Mary Quattlebaum
Over in the Garden by Jennifer Ward
Over in the Meadow illustrated by Jill MacDonald
Over in the Forest come and take a peek by Marianne Berkes
Just Good Nature Books or Nature Related
Herman and Marguerite an earth story by Jay O'Callahan
Step Gently Out by Helen Frost
Miss Rumphius story and pictures by Barbara Cooney
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page
They Call Me Wooley, What Animal Names Can Tell Us by Keith DuQuette
Stranger in the Woods by Carl R. Sams II and Jean Stoick
Who's in the Garden? by Phillis Gershator
Who's in the Forest? by Phillis Gershator
Westlandia by Paul Fleischman
The Apple-Pip Princess by Jane Ray
Alaska's Three Bears by Shelley Gill
Play with Me by Marie Hall Ets
Snipp, Snapp, Snurr and the Buttered Bread by Maj Lindman
Folktale Anthologies/ Pourquoi Tales
When the World Was Young creation and pourquoi tales retold by Margaret Mayo
Just Enough to Make a Story by Nancy Schimmel
Native American Gardening, stories, projects and recipes for families by M. Caduto and J. Bruchac
From Sea to Shining Sea a treasury of American Folklore and Folk songs compiled by Amy l. Cohn
Feathers and Tails animal fables retold by by David Kherdian
Tales Alive! Bird Tales from Near and Far retold by Susan Milord
Tell it Again! easy-to-tell stories with activities for young children by S. Raines and R. Isbell
Tell it Again! 2 easy-to-tell stories with activities for young children by S. Raines and R. Isbell
Hummingbirds Facts and Folklore from the Americas written by J. Larson and A. Yorinks
Earth Care: World Folktales to talk about by Margaret Read MacDonald
Three Minute Tales by Margaret Read MacDonald
How and Why Stories world tales kids can read and tell by Martha Hamilton and Mitch Weiss
Earth Tales from around the World by Michael J Caduto
The Barefoot Book of Earth Tales by Dawn Casey and Anne Wilson
When Birds Could Talk and Bats Could Sing by Virgina Hamilton
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