Weekly Learning Packs

One-week printable pack · ages 3–5

Nature Explorers Week

Five days of looking closely at nature without touching, magnifying-glass close-ups, nature patterns, a butterfly's life cycle, and living and not living things. Children count paper pinecones and pebbles, match close-ups to the whole picture, copy and extend nature patterns, put egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, and butterfly in order, sort living and not living things, clap syllables, and build a paper owl from shapes.

  • 28 pages
  • Color + ink-saver B&W
  • 5 daily plans
  • US Letter PDF
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What's inside

Everything for the week.

  • 5 day plans
  • 5 original stories + "Five Little Pinecones" rhyme
  • 12 vocabulary cards
  • pinecone number cards 1–10
  • counting mat + 16 pebble counters
  • look-closely match
  • nature pattern strips
  • egg-to-butterfly sequence cards
  • living-or-not-living sort
  • 1-clap/2-clap syllable sort
  • optional tracing
  • owl shape builder
  • nature path count
  • 6 movement cards
  • family letter
  • answer keys.

Safety and inclusion

Look, don't touch: pictures only, with no collecting, picking, or handling of plants, animals, rocks, or feathers. Every activity works indoors; an optional walk follows your program's own outdoor rules. An optional child-safe plastic magnifier may be used; nothing else is needed.

Full notes are on page 5 of the pack.

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All 28 pages

Contents

  1. Cover
  2. Welcome, How to Use & Contents
  3. Week at a Glance
  4. Materials & Prep List
  5. Safety, Inclusion & Adaptations
  6. Day 1 Plan: Explorer Eyes
  7. Day 2 Plan: Look Closely
  8. Day 3 Plan: Patterns in Nature
  9. Day 4 Plan: From Egg to Butterfly
  10. Day 5 Plan: Living or Not Living?
  11. Read-Aloud Stories, Days 1–3
  12. Stories, Days 4–5 + Counting Rhyme
  13. Vocabulary Picture Cards A (6 cards)
  14. Vocabulary Picture Cards B (6 cards)
  15. Pinecone Number Cards 1–10
  16. Pinecones Under the Tree Counting Mat
  17. Paper Pebble Counters (16 large)
  18. Look Closely: Magnifying Glass Match
  19. Nature Pattern Strips
  20. From Egg to Butterfly: Sequence Cards
  21. Living or Not Living? Sort Mat + Cards
  22. Clap the Syllables: 1 Clap or 2 Claps?
  23. Snail Trails & Letter Tracing (optional)
  24. Owl Shape Builder Pieces
  25. Nature Path Count & Color
  26. Movement Cards (6)
  27. Family Letter
  28. Answer Keys & Terms of Use
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