Nature School - by Lauren Giordano & Stephanie Hathaway & Laura Stroup (Paperback)

About the Book

Nature School is a beautifully illustrated and engaging learning resource offering lessons and activities designed to inform and inspire a child's love for the natural world.

Book Synopsis

Nature School is your destination for kid-friendly nature learning, where you can explore the natural world through engaging reading, beautiful illustrations, and more than 30 hands-on activities.

*2023 EUREKA! Nonfiction Children's Honor Book*
*2023 American Scientist Holiday Gift Guide Selection*

Kids need a break from screens now more than ever. Screen-free time spent exploring and learning about the outdoors makes for happier, healthier, smarter kids. And playing in nature gives kids confidence and independence, promoting creativity and teaching responsibility. With Nature School, all ages will enjoy connecting with nature and becoming inspired to discover the wild places around them.

Travel through five of earth's largest biomes, studying plants, animals, and their adaptations for survival--and learn hands-on through nature experiments explained in each lesson.From the arid desert to the salty seashore, investigate extraordinary ecosystems, discovering the role of predators and prey and learning about life cycles, climate, landscape, and more.

Inside you'll find more than 30 hands-on activities designed to reinforce learning and spark creativity, including:

• Bark & Leaf Rubbings - explore tree diversity by creating textured art.
• Desertscape Diorama - model how plants and animals survive in harsh environments.
• Salt Dough Seashells - craft realistic shells while learning about marine life.
• Tornado in a Bottle - demonstrate weather patterns in a fun experiment.
• Nature Journaling - practice observation skills and reflection outdoors.

Whether you're looking for an educational activity book, a tool for homeschool science, or a way to inspire outdoor play, Nature School is the perfect guide to help kids connect with nature while having fun.

The Nature School series is an engaging and interactive collection that inspires kids to explore the natural world through hands-on activities, science experiments, and creative prompts. Designed to foster curiosity, environmental awareness, and a love for outdoor learning, each book combines kid-friendly science facts with fun DIY projects, scavenger hunts, and vibrant illustrations to make nature education exciting and accessible. Perfect for young explorers, homeschoolers, parents, and educators, the series encourages children to connect with their surroundings, whether in their backyard, a local park, or beyond.

Also available from the series: Nature School: The Workbook; Nature School: Planet Earth; Nature School: Planet Earth: The Workbook; Nature School: In the Garden, and Nature School: In the Garden: The Workbook.

Review Quotes

"...premier destination for kid-friendly nature learning ... unreservedly recommended..." --Midwest Book Reveiw

"...well-researched and accessible, and it's one we'll be returning to again and again, in different ways."--Jaime Herndon, American Scientist

"An enlightening nature encyclopedia with useful activities."--Kirkus Reviews

About the Author

Lauren Giordano is an author, illustrator, and owner of Chickie & Roo, an educational curriculum and resource company for families and schools. She home educates her two children in Florida and taught in her local homeschool co-op community, where she led nature classes. Lauren is passionate about bringing children closer to nature and helping them develop a deeper understanding of our natural world. Her work has been featured in The Peaceful Press, A Year of Learning, Chickadees Wooden Toys, Wild & Free Co., FunSchooling Books, and more. You can find her work at chickieandroo.com. Stephanie Hathaway is a Kansas City-area artist who specializes in creating educational content inspired by our natural world. She believes in using beautiful, dynamic illustrations to make learning about science and nature exciting and accessible to children of all ages. She is guided by the notion that many of life's valuable lessons can be learned from nature. She hopes that her work will inspire families to explore and learn from the natural world right outside their own door. You can see more of Stephanie's educational nature-based studies and original artwork at stephaniehathawaydesigns.com. Laura Stroup is the founder of Firefly Nature School, a nature study curriculum designed for homeschooling families, co-ops, and classrooms found online at fireflynatureschool.com. Laura has a bachelor of science degree in animal ecology from Iowa State University with an emphasis in natural resource education. A former museum educator and upper-school science teacher, she now directs School of the Wild, an immersive nature school that serves her local community. Laura resides in the countryside near Springfield, Missouri, with her family.