A beautiful, hands-on nature resource for families with curious kids ages preschool through 2nd grade.
Use the alphabet as your guide as you explore acorns, birds, caterpillars, mushrooms, turtles, and more through art, crafts, nature study, hands-on activities, and outdoor adventures.
Nature Alphabet Guide
Explore nature from A–Z with a flexible, hands-on guide designed for preschool through 2nd grade.
What's included:
✓ Instant digital download
✓ Print as many times as you need for your family
✓ Designed for multiple ages
Turn the alphabet into an adventure in nature.
From A is for Acorn to M is for Moth, each letter opens the door to a new little world of nature study.
Observe something growing, discover a new creature, read a beautiful book, make something with your hands, head outside to explore, and let your child's questions lead the way.
The alphabet becomes a gentle framework for noticing, wondering, creating, and learning together without needing to follow a rigid schedule or spend hours planning what comes next.
Each nature topic offers a starting point for meaningful learning and plenty of room for curiosity to take over.
A simple framework from A-Z
Bring together nature study, literacy, art, science, poetry, hands-on activities, and outdoor exploration.
Activities are designed to work beautifully for mixed ages, so siblings can explore the same topic at their own level.
Weekly plans, activity ideas, book recommendations, printables, and more are ready for you.
Everything you need to explore each topic.
📖 Parent Guide
Simple, step-by-step guidance to help you make the most of each topic.
🗓️ Weekly Planning Pages
Take the guesswork out of planning your week.
🌿 Themed Learning Pack
Alphabet charts, nature poems, coloring pages, sight word cards, tracing pages, flashcards, and more.
🎨 Hands-On Activities
Four engaging activities and crafts with step-by-step photo instructions. Some even include video tutorials!
🖼️ Vintage Nature Prints
Beautiful curated prints to create your own nature-inspired wall display.
📚 Book Recommendations
A thoughtfully selected reading list for every topic.
The Nature Alphabet Guide is for any family, homeschooling and non-homeschooling.
While many families in our community homeschool, others who have their kids in school are using the guide as an intentional way to spend time as a family after school and on weekends.
Everything is simple and low-prep so that it's easy to pull together!
Ages 3-8ish. We’ve designed this guide to work for families with kids of multiple ages! For example, your youngest can do a nature alphabet coloring page while your oldest writes out the nature poem with the copywork pages or works on the sight word cards. The books from our book list and the four activities are fun for all ages to do together!
Whenever your child starts showing an interest in the alphabet! Some families start with a 2 year old who is eager (like ours was!) but most start around 3-4.
If you’re wanting a gentle structure for your little one but don’t want to start a full curriculum, this could be a great fit.
Many families use the Nature Alphabet Guide over several years!
If you're planning to use this with a preschooler, you can start the first year as an intro to the alphabet, and start from the beginning again next year when your child is ready to dig a little deeper!
Yes! Each letter unit comes with a written parent guide, ideas for outside activities for each theme, and a weekly planner page.
We recommend a simple three part framework of Learn/Read/Create for each day:
This is set up for a four day week. You get to choose which printables to complete, books to read, and activities to do each day.
The structure allows for lots of flexibility to fit your family's schedule and needs!
No. This is a family-learning style guide that explores nature themes from A-Z through hands-on printables, art, activities, poems, and books.
While it provides a beautiful introduction to the alphabet, we recommend using the Nature Alphabet Guide as a supplement to your phonics curriculum.
Yes!! We’ve made a real effort to keep supplies accessible and affordable!
Several similar activities are used in different ways in multiple letter units.
You’ll find easy projects like potato stamps used in several creative ways, as well as lots of recycled materials and ideas for substitutions.
Made for families who want more nature in their days
The Nature Alphabet Guide is a great fit if you:
