I Love Dirt! : 52 Activities to Help You and Your Kids Discover the Wonders of Nature

by WARD, JENNIFERGHAHREMANI, SUSIE

• ISBN13: 9781590305355
• ISBN10: 1590305353
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2008-05-13
• Publisher: Trumpeter

Summary

I Love Dirt! presents 52 open-ended activities to help you engage your child in the outdoors. No matter what your locationfrom a small patch of green in the city to the wide-open meadows of the countryeach activity is meant to promote exploration, stimulate imagination, and heighten a child's sense of wonder. To learn more about the author, Jennifer Ward, visit her website at jenniferwardbooks.com and to learn more about the illustrator, Susie Ghahremani, visit her website at boygirlparty.com.

Author Biography

Jennifer Ward is the author of nine children’s books, all of which present nature to kids. Her books have been featured in magazines such as Ranger Rick, Your Big Backyard, Learning, and Foreword, and she has been interviewed and featured on national television and local radio. She is a regular speaker at conferences and schools across the country, where she instills the importance of literacy and the wonders waiting to be discovered in the natural world. She lives in Illinois.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction	p. xvii
Spring: Activities for Warm Days and Rainy Weather
Spring Into Spring	p. 3
Bouquet of Color	p. 5
Move Over, Clover	p. 7
Hear, Here!	p. 9
Wiggly for Worms	p. 12
See That Tree?	p. 15
Leaf Looking	p. 18
Going On a Bird Hunt	p. 21
Be Like Audubon	p. 25
A Little Birdie Told Me	p. 28
Up, Up, and Away	p. 31
Build That Nest	p. 33
Rain, Rain, Come Again	p. 36
Puddle Jumpers	p. 38
Summer: Activities for Hot Days and Warm Nights
Digging Dirt	p. 43
Antics	p. 46
Sun Fun	p. 49
Butterfly Cafe	p. 51
Ladybug, Ladybug	p. 54
Handy Plants	p. 56
Wow, Water!	p. 58
Water-Hole Watching	p. 61
Stone Age	p. 64
Rock 'n' Roll	p. 66
Backyard Lullaby	p. 69
Moon Shadows	p. 72
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star	p. 75
Fall: Activities for Cool Days and Cloudy Weather
Time Out	p. 81
Zoom In	p. 84
A Thinking Place	p. 87
Wild Hide-and-Seek	p. 89
Take a Walk on the Wild Side	p. 91
Some Web!	p. 94
Roly-Poly Races	p. 96
Look Up, Look Down, Look All Around	p. 98
Cloud Racing	p. 101
Wandering Wind	p. 103
Say, "Whoosh!"	p. 105
What Goes Up Must Come Down	p. 108
Groovy Gravity	p. 111
Falling for Nature	p. 113
Winter: Activities for Cold Days and Snowy Weather
Tweet Treat	p. 119
Snow Me Some Fun	p. 122
Fluffy Flakes	p. 124
Cloud Breath	p. 127
Dot-to-Dot Stars	p. 129
Bare Naked Trees	p. 131
Snow Tales	p. 134
Feathers 'n' Fur	p. 136
Slip, Slide, Wild Ride	p. 138
Wild and Wintry	p. 140
Winter Garden	p. 143
Resources and Recommended Reading	p. 147
About the Author	p. 151
About the Illustrator	p. 153
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