Resources for Families
Get Inspired About Nature Education
Nurturing Naturalists
Wonderful Worms
Whizzing Water Stories
Wanderfall Seeds
Tiny Finds: The Micro-World of the Forest
The Nose Knows
Flutterby’s: The Magic of Butterflies
Take it Outside: Enjoying the Gifts of Winter
The Hidden World of Ponds and Streams
Unplug… And Plug Into Nature
Stories in the Snow
Your Better Sense of Nature
Brush With Nature
Touching the Earth: A Conversation with Jacob Rodenburg and Drew Monkman
Beyond BeLeaf: The Wonder of Leaves
The Beauty of Winter: Nature Crafts in the Cold
All About Balsam
The Nose Knows
Animals Keeping Warm and Cozy: Making Winter Nests
Alien Next Door: Discovering Our Special Pond Friends
For the Birds
Hole Patrol: How Animals Keep Warm in Winter
Hiding in Plain Sight
Nature Hammered Prints: A Smashing Good Time
Beyond the Green Blur: Green Adventures in Your Own Backyard
The Thrill of the Trill
Neighbourwood Eco Parent Resource
NCCIE Website
Educator/Parent Book List
Forest Guide
Equitable Nature Access Toolkit
Tree Bee Website
NFB Website
Pre-visit Activity: “Am I Alive?” Program
Honourable Harvest Overview
Species at Risk Public Registry Website Link
Grade One and Kindergarten Book List
Stories in the Snow
Feb 21, 2024 | Articles & Editorials, Resources for Families
Every trail has a story to tell and if you are patient enough you can learn to read the writing each footprint makes in the...
Your Better Sense of Nature
Feb 21, 2024 | Articles & Editorials, Resources for Families
This is part of a series of articles based on Jacob’s new book called The Book of Nature Connection – 70 Sensory Activities for all Ages, published...
The Magic of Nests…
Feb 21, 2024 | Articles & Editorials, Resources for Families
If you think about it, a bird egg is a beautiful thing. Within this fragile container is the promise of new feathered life. And bird eggs come in a surprising variety of shapes, sizes and colours. No matter what they look like, there is one fact that may seem obvious but deserves mention – eggs roll. And a rolling egg is not a safe egg. Keeping her eggs both warm and safe is the challenge every mother bird faces. That is why she makes a nest – sometimes an elaborate affair like the woven, hanging nest of a Northern Oriole, or sometimes as simple as a hollow scrape in the ground like that of a Killdeer.
Basement Windows
Feb 21, 2024 | Articles & Editorials, Resources for Families
This is part of a series of articles based on Jacob’s new book called the Book of Nature Connection – 70 Sensory Activities for all Ages, published by New Society Press and released on April 18 th, 2022.
Enjoying the Gifts of Winter, Naturally.
Nov 18, 2022 | Nature Activities, Resources for Educators, Resources for Families
It is a cold December day. A delicate layer of frost edges the corner of each window and mounds of snow smooth over bushes and trees. Birds are huddled under eaves, fluffing their feathers, reminding you that winter is well and truly here.
Brush with Nature
Nov 18, 2022 | Nature Activities, Resources for Educators, Resources for Families
Nature is full of complex curves, shapes, and lines: the sweep of a pine branch, a cascading waterfall, waves marching along a lake, or a rolling thunder cloud. To our eyes, the natural world may seem chaotic—a bold blend of colours, textures, and patterns. But a more careful look reveals just how intricate and lovely the shapes of nature are.