Help kids find themselves in nature
show them how to discover Nature's secrets outdoors
Here’s a fun way to help kids spend more time outside, enjoy time in nature, build lifelong skills and outdoor confidence. Created by trail-wise Naturalist Stephen Nett with dozens of fun nature observing activities plus plenty of prompted journal pages to fill with discoveries, drawings, stories and more. Help children explore safely and discover nature’s wonders, anywhere, using their own amazing senses.
show them how to discover Nature's secrets outdoors
BY showING them how to discover Nature's secrets outdoors
Here’s a fun way to help kids spend more time outside, enjoy time in nature, build lifelong skills and gain outdoor confidence. Created by trail-wise Naturalist Stephen Nett with dozens of fun nature observing activities plus plenty of prompted journal pages to fill with discoveries, drawings, stories and more. Help children explore safely and discover nature’s wonders, anywhere, using their own amazing senses.
"I certainly wish I'd had a journal like this when I was a kid"
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a resource to help get kids outdoors, whether you’re experienced in nature, or just starting.
perfect for back yard – park – camping – school – nature walk – field trip – parties
what's inside: tips, activities & guided journal pages
40+ easy and fun observing activities
More than just games or crafts - fun nature skills, ways to use senses, abilities to grow and last a lifetime.
guided journal pages
With separate spaces to record Animals, Water, Trees, Flowers and more - draw, trace, color, write stories, tape discoveries.
best ways to observe nature
Simple tips to discover many of the hidden secrets and happenings in nature at home, park, field trip, camping, nearly anywhere.
how to explore safely
Important tips for staying safe and healthy while exploring, from what to bring to dos and donts.
parents & teachers guide
Field tested advice for adults to help kids find their best exploring self, develop confidence, and a love for the outdoors.
a keepsake of their own
A Nature Journal to create in any way they want, to make memories and hold all their discoveries.
Best for kids aged 4 and up
"Nature is a contact sport."
"Nature is a contact sport."
why kids need help exploring nature
Every child is loaded with abilities they need to explore the natural world.
But they don’t come with instructions.
So kids get bored, don’t know what to do, or miss all the amazing things going on around them outdoors.
Today children know a hundred product brands and media characters. How can we help them connect with all the real animals, birds and other creatures who still call this home?
This colorful Young Explorer Journal is designed to help. It has dozens of simple, Naturalist-tested missions to help kids discover their senses, and explore whats happening in the big natural world. They can use it to discover:
Where’s water? What is there for animals to eat? How many kinds of flowers can we find? How many things live in that tree? What’s the weather doing?
Comes with a fillable journal to help them record and remember, collect and treasure what they find.
Use as a family, group, or on their own to explore the backyard, park, camping, for school, field trip, parties or nature walk.
Every child has a kit full of sensory abilities for exploring the natural world.
But they don’t come with instructions.
So kids get bored, don’t know what to do, or miss all the amazing things going on around them outdoors.
Today children know a hundred product brands and media characters. How can we help them connect with all the real animals, birds and other creatures who still call this home?
This colorful Young Explorer Journal is designed to help. It has dozens of simple, Naturalist-tested activities to help kids discover their senses, and explore whats happening in the big natural world. They can use it to discover:
Where’s water? 
What is there for animals to eat? How many kinds of flowers can we find? How many things live in that tree? What’s the weather doing?
Comes with a fillable journal to help them record and remember, collect and treasure what they find.
Use as a family, group, or on their own to explore the backyard, park, camping, for school, field trip, parties or nature walk.
nature's secrets all stay hidden ~til we observe them
use this book to Help kids connect with nature
- Not just play or crafts – skills to last a lifetime
- Healthy, self-paced, open ended active time outdoors
- Safety Guide to make exploring safer
- Includes Parent /Teacher guides and best practices
- Helps connect STEM concepts to real world experiences
- Perfect for nearly everyone, anywhere
- Helps build comfort and confidence outdoors
A book to Help kids connect with nature
- Not just play or crafts – skills to last a lifetime
- Healthy, self-paced, open ended active time outdoors
- Safety Guide to make exploring safer
- Includes Parent /Teacher guides and best practices
- Helps connect STEM concepts to real world experiences
- Perfect for nearly everyone, anywhere
- Helps build comfort and confidence outdoors
Author and Naturalist
Stephen Nett
A few years ago I led 64 eager second graders up a dirt trail into these mountains on a four mile walk. (It was supposed to be one classroom, but at the last minute …it grew.) To prepare, I tried to find an explorer Journal they could carry – to record what they’d discover, introduce basic observing skills, and offer some fun exploring activities.
I never found one.
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So when I got back I started research and testing and created this one. The focus is on observing, using all our senses.
It’s a book any parent can use, as well as teachers, other nature interpreters and nature guides.
One kids can use to lose themselves in nature, exploring and filling its pages with stories and discoveries.
I hope you and your youngsters enjoy it – let me know!
About me: I earned my Naturalist certification from UC California in Yosemite National Park. I’m a guide, regularly published nature journalist and photographer, science editor for a National Laboratory, and lifelong hiker, with four children and three grandkids who are just starting to explore this marvelous natural world we live in.
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- AMAZON NEW RELEASE BEST SELLER
- 5 STARS - READERS FAVORITE AWARD
- NATURALIST WRITTEN - EDUCATOR APPROVED
So when I got back I did research and testing and created this one. The focus is on observing, using all our senses.
It’s a book any parent can use, as well as teachers, other nature interpreters and nature guides.
One kids can use to lose themselves in nature, exploring and filling its pages with stories and discoveries.
I hope you and your youngsters enjoy it – let me know!
About me: I earned my Naturalist certification from UC California in Yosemite National Park. I’m a guide, regularly published nature journalist and photographer, science editor for a National Laboratory, and lifelong hiker, with four children and three grandkids who are just starting to explore this marvelous natural world we live in.