A collection of early years lesson plans and ideas relating to the topic of ‘the natural world’. If you have a lesson plan or activity that has worked well in your early years setting and you would like to share it with other practitioners then please get in touch, we’d love to hear from you.
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Birds Across Continents
Comparing and contrasting the appearance and behaviour of jays in North America, South America and Europe.
Learning to Observe Nature
A discussion of the importance of teaching children to observe the natural world, features lesson ideas.
Logging in the Rainforests
A discussion of deforestation, logging and wood conservation with lesson ideas for young children.
Masked Birds Lesson Plan
Comparing and contrasting three species of birds, features lessons ideas and activities.
Observing & Comparing Nature
A monthly observation guide comparing the nature of Britain with that of Brazil.
Observing Nature Lesson Plan
A lesson plan teaching children to observe nature focusing in particular on ‘low down looking’.
Outdoors Topic Planning
Ideas to assist with planning on the topic of outdoors during the spring term. This resource was submitted by Kaylee, an experienced Early Years Co-ordinator.
Parts Of A Flowering Plant
Selection of lesson plans covering seed dispersal, pollination, germination, life cycles and worksheets for identifying and naming parts of a flowering plant.
Pumpkin Soup Lesson Plan
Multi-sensory activity ideal to use to use as part of Fruit & Vegetable/Harvest Topic.
Reception Weather Topic Planning
A variety of ideas for a seven week topic based on the weather. Suitable for Reception.
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