Nature - Patterns

EYLF Learning Outcomes:

Outcome 1: Children have a strong sense of identity

• 1.2 Children develop their emerging autonomy, interdependence, resilience and sense of agency 
• 1.4 Children learn to interact in relation to others with care, empathy and respect

Outcome 2: Children are connected with and contribute to their world

• 2.4 Children become socially responsible and show respect for the environment

Outcome 3: Children have a strong sense of wellbeing

• 3.3 Children are aware of and develop strategies to support their own mental and physical health and personal safety

Outcome 4: Children are confident and involved learners

• 4.1 Children develop a growth mindset and learning dispositions such as curiosity, cooperation, confidence, creativity, commitment, enthusiasm, persistence, imagination and reflexivity. 
• 4.4 Children resource their own learning through connecting with people, place, technologies and natural and processed materials

Outcome 5: Children are effective communicators

• 5.1 Children interact verbally and non-verbally with others for a range of purposes 
• 5.2 Children engage with a range of texts and gain meaning from these texts 
• 5.3 Children express ideas and make meaning using a range of media  

• Device capable of taking photos
• Device capable of presenting a website to the class 
• Glue
• Landscape photos from old calendars/magazine, A4 pieces of clear contact or A4 sheets of black cardboard
• Student Worksheet printables (optional)
• The Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert

This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following values:

• caring/kindness
• communication
• creativity
• curiosity and questioning
• imagination and play
• mindfulness
• patience

Age group: 3 - 6 years.

Time required: 55 minutes.

By spending this activity outdoors and connecting to nature, students are more likely to care for and conserve nature as adults.

This is an original Cool+ lesson.

Teach Nature Play

Quick summary: Get your children outside and enjoying the many benefits of nature play.