RESOURCES
SELECT RESOURCES
Natural History
Amphibians
Frog Watch, www.aza.org/frogwatch
Astronomy
Sky and Telescope,
www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-information
Bees
Xerces Society, www.xerces.org
The Honeybee Conservancy,
www.thehoneybeeconservancy.org
Birds
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology,
www.allaboutbirds.org
Migratory Bird Treaty Act, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
www.fws.gov/birds/policies-and-regulations/laws-legislations/migratory-bird-treaty-act.php
Butterflies
Butterfly Conservation,
www.butterfly-conservation.org
Geology
USGS, www.usgs.gov/faqs/can-you-identify-my-rock-or-mineral
Insects, general
Mushrooms and Fungus
North American Mycological Association, www.namyco.org
Processing Natural Clay
www.practicalprimitive.com/skillofthemonth/processingclay.html
Tracking
Plant Identification
Arbor Day Foundation,
www.arborday.org
Wild Edible, www.wildedible.com/foraging#sustainability
Weather and Wildlife
National Geographic Society,
www.nationalgeographic.org
Smithsonian Institution,
www.smithsonian.com
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-whispering-trees-180968084
Nature Play and Outdoor Learning
Children & Nature Network,
www.childrenandnature.org
Eastern Region Association of Forest and Nature Schools, www.erafans.org
Free Forest School,
www.freeforestschool.org
National Wildlife Federation,
www.nwf.org/en/Kids-and-Family/Connecting-Kids-and-Nature/Nature-Play-Spaces
National Association for the Education of Young Children,
www.naeyc.org
Natural Start Alliance,
www.naturalstart.org
Nature Explore Program, Dimensions Educational Research Foundation,
www.natureexplore.org
North American Association for Environmental Education,
www.naaee.org
Wilder Child, www.wilderchild.com
SELECTED CHILDREN’S BOOKS
Berger, M. (2003). Spinning Spiders. HarperCollins: New York, NY.
Bradley, K. (2019). Easy Peasy: Gardening for Kids. Little Gestalten.
Davies, N. (2012). Outside Your Window: A First Book of Nature.
Davies, N. (2004). Bat Loves the Night.
Dendy, L. (1996). Tracks, Scats and Signs: Take Along Guide.
Gray, R. (2014). Have You Heard the Nesting Bird?
Hawthorne, L. (2019). The Night Flower.
Higgins, K. (2018). Everything You Need for a Treehouse.
Ingoglia, G. (2013). The Tree Book for Kids and Their Grown-ups.
Knowlton, L. (2017). Maple Syrup from the Sugarhouse.
Kohara, K. (2011). Here Comes Jack Frost.
Lloyd, M. W. (2016). Finding Wild.
Messner, K. (2017). Up In the Garden and Down In the Dirt.
McKenna Siddals, M. (2014). Compost Stew: An A to Z Recipe for the Earth.
Pak, K. (2016). Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn.
Pfeffer, W. (2007). A Log’s Life.
Portis, A. (2007). Not a Stick.
Preston-Gannon, F. (2019). By the Light of the Moon.
Schaefer, L. and A. Schaefer (2016). Because of an Acorn.
Swanson, S. (2008). To Be Like the Sun.
Wagner Lloyd, M. (2017). Fort-Building Time.
Ward, J. and L. Falkenstern. (2009). The Busy Tree