Description

Nature based games for small groups are the perfect bundle when trying to add some nature to a traditional curriculum plan. Use the morning meeting, carpet, small group games, to enhance academic concepts. Print the cards, hide the animal, recite the poem and take turns looking for the animal that is hiding. Encourage students to use academic vocabulary, and descriptive words, instead of pointing to the cards.

Just by adding a simple magnet to the back of your cards, you can create an interactive activity that allows you to use a hard copy of a product in a hands on play based way.

Nature based games for small groups includes:

• Birds/Nests- Types of birds and upper and lowercase letters
• Cactus/Beetles-colors and lowercase letters
• Pine trees/Pinecones-upper and lowercase letters
• Mushrooms/Worms-number recognition
• Leaf/worm-shapes and colors
• Succulents/Bees-shapes
• Garden-subitizing

Looking for additional nature based items?

• Natural Classroom Decor
• Science Topics for Early Learning

This pack could easily be adapted for an online tutoring or learning model as well as virtual classroom meetings.

Add magnets to the back, place on a magnet board, and have the students guess which card you should flip over to find the animal.

You can read more about how to incorporate games for small groups here: Morning Meeting Games