Nature Play List

Bring the outside indoors with this "shopping list" of items you can use to build a nature play area in your classroom!

Categories

Age Group: Preschool, Toddler
ELOF Domain: Approaches to Learning, Cognition, Perceptual, Motor, and Physical Development, Scientific Reasoning, Social and Emotional Development
Resource Format: PDF
Language: English
Smithsonian Museum: National Zoo
Topic: Nature, Trees, Animals, Five Senses, Homes and Habitats, Science, Social Emotional Development
A preschool ages child and a baby sit at a table in a classroom surrounded by tree shaped blocks, animal figures, and animal stuffied.

Part of the Following Programs

A pink Jackalope puppet stands next to a cartoon illustration of a brown haired man playing a guitar. Surrounding them are different animals including birds, a sloth, and an agouti which is a kind of rodent.

Three Cheers for Trees

During this field trip, children will explore the amazing qualities of trees and learn how they benefit both animals and humans every day, from providing shelter and food to serving as a useful material for various objects. It's a TREE-tastic program! 

Content Unit :
Trees
Featured Creature :
Two-toed sloth, Red-rumped agouti