March toward Spring with the My Year Nature Journal Printable

To celebrate the release of my third picture book, A Year With Mama Earth, I’m creating a nature journal inspired by Rebecca Green’s illustrations and the book’s lyrical text. Be sure to follow my Nature Education Pinterest board for even more resources!

March Nature Journal

March roars in like a lion, and in many places, leaves like one, too. But often, spring tiptoes in on doe’s hooves, breathing just enough warmth to wake the sleepy crocus. I hope you’ll seek and find some whispers of spring as you explore outside this month. So grab your pages and head outside!

Free Printable nature journal for the book A Year With Mama Earth by Rebecca Grabill Rebecca Green

If you haven’t yet started My Year Nature Journal, I strongly recommend card stock for the cover and something heavier than standard copy paper for the internal pages (28lb minimum). Either three-hole-punch and place in a binder or hole punch and hold together with rings. You’ll be adding more pages each month, so be sure your binder has plenty of room! 2” should suffice.

A Walk Through March’s Lessons:

Be sure to add your Month Sticker! Download the printable file at the end of this post. I’ve included a place on every month’s first page for students to draw a seasonal self-portrait.

This month we look more closely at camouflage. How is it different from mimicry? Make a self-portrait dressed as something in nature.

Can you really find a 4-leaf Clover?

St. Patrick’s Day Little Leprechaun Song

All About Trees:

Along with your Nature Journal pages, you might enjoy these activities and printables.

Plus, learn more about tree life below.

What can tree rings tell us?

Tree Song with Vocabulary

Camouflage and Mimicry:

Mimicry and camouflage have the same goal—protect a creature from predators. Explore the differences below.

Fascinating facts about Camouflage/Mimicry

Hide and Seek Animal Song

Soil Matters

Did you know that soil is a living thing? Find out more about soil below.

Enjoy exploring with the recommendations below (affiliate links).

Writer’s Corner:

Watch these videos to bring your story to life!

So that’s it. Sit back, download, print. Then *get outside* to enjoy the month while you can. On those yucky days, check out the videos above. And be sure to subscribe so you’ll be first to know when next month’s pages are available.

 

Subscribe below for a sample of all my Nature Journal printables!

 

To preview any of these items, visit my Teachers Pay Teachers store. You’ll be able to see several pages of each download.

Rebecca Grabill

Rebecca has been writing since childhood, her first book about a kitten published between homemade cardboard covers in second grade. Although she studied religion and philosophy in university, she continued writing, earning an MFA from Hamline University and publishing multiple picture books (no longer with homemade covers) and a collection of poetry with a variety of New York and independent publishers. She has also published a wide array of fiction, essays, and poetry in magazines and journals and photographs for Getty Images. She balances writing with homeschooling the younger of her six children, launching her young adults, church activities, and overseeing a small flock of chickens in rural West Michigan.

www.rebeccagrabill.com
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