“Get Outside!”
with Jessica Winston

Thursday, Nov 4th

Resources

 

You're welcome to contact Jessica with questions at Jessica@BeginningsNursery.org. Thank you again for the thoughtful participation!

Here Is are some resources Jessica wanted to share with you:

Field Guides

  • New York City Trees: A Field Guide for the Metropolitan Area - CIty of NY Parks and Recreations

  • Peterson Field Guide to Eastern Trees

  • Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Eastern and Central North America

  • American Field Guide to Birds of NY - Cory Finger

  • Birds of NY - Stan Tekiela

  • Insects of New England and NY - Tom Murray

  • New York City Birds: A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species (Wildlife and Nature Identification)

  • New York State Trees and Wildflowers: A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Plants (Wildlife and Nature Identification)

  • BARK - By: Michael Wojtech

  • Kaufman Field Guide To Insects of North America

  • Maggots, Grubs, And More: The Secret Lives of Young Insects (Books) Stewart, Melissa, Brand: Millbrook Press

  • Pollinators of Native Plants: Attract, Observe and Identify Pollinators and Beneficial Insects with Native Plants, Heather N. Holm

Picture Books

  • Stone Soup - Jon Muth

  • The Hike - Alison Farrell

  • A Stone Sat Still - Wenzel

  • The Tree Lady - J. Hopkins

  • Rabbits and Raindrops - Jim Arnosky

  • Snow Rabbit, Spring Rabbit: A Book of Changing Seasons - Il Sung Na

  • On The Same Day In March - M. Singer

  • Under The Snow - M. Stewart

  • Swirl By Swirl - Sidman

  • A River Ran Wild - L. Cherry

  • City Hawk: The Story of Pale Male - M. McCarthy

  • My Light - M. Bang

  • Up IN The Leaves - S. Boss

  • One Well: The Story of Water on Earth - R. Strauss

  • Salamander Room - A. Mazer

  • Over and Under the Pond & Over and Under the Snow - K. Messner

  • Autumn Is Here! - H. Gray

  • Sophie's Squash - P. Miller & A. Wilsdorf

  • Fletcher and the Falling Leaves - J. Rawlinson

  • Leaf Man - L. Ehlert

  • Squirrels - B. Wildsmith

  • Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn - Pax

  • Tin Forest - W. Anderson

  • Junk Yard - M. Austin

  • The Cloud: By - Tomie de Paola

  • Little Cloud: By - Eric Carl

  • Clouds - Marion dane Bauer

Professional Books:

  • I love dirt - Jennifer Ward

  • A Year Of Forest School: Outdoor Play and Skill-Building Fun for Every Season - Jane Worroll & Peter Houghton

  • Forest School: Outdoor Adventures and Skills for City Kids - Naomi Welmsley & Dan Westall

  • Last Child In The Woods - Richard Louv

  • Bringing Nature Home - Douglas Tallamy

 
 

How to set up grasses for a scissor activity

 

And ice trays (sometimes we do watercolors on the ice trays too!)

 

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