Children will see the natural world around them with brand new eyes, as they learn to follow its signs, hear its language, and understand its secrets. With this unique and compelling book written by expert environmental educator Devin Franklin, kids aged 8 to 13 will build their own relationship with nature through finding a “Sit Spot” — an outdoor space in the backyard, in a field or in the woods, in a vacant lot or a city park — where they can stop, observe, and become familiar with the flora and fauna that live there.
From the Six Arts of Tracking (Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How) and making a habitat map to walking in smooth silence like a fox and learning the basics of bird language, exploration exercises lead young readers on a fascinating journey of discovery as they watch, listen, map, interpret, and write about the sounds, sights, scents, and patterns they encounter. With prompts and write-in spaces for journaling, map-making activities, and observational tracking throughout, Put On Your Owl Eyes is an interactive and thought-provoking guidebook.
ISBN-13: 9781635860221
Media Type: Paperback
Publisher: Storey Publishing - LLC
Publication Date: 05-28-2019
Pages: 160
Product Dimensions: 7.30(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range: 8 - 13 Years
Devin Franklin is the author of Put On Your Owl Eyes. He holds a degree in environmental education and has studied survival, tracking, and awareness skills at Wilderness School in Maine and the Tracker School in New Jersey. He is director of programing at Flying Deer Nature Center in Chatham, New York, which he joined with his wife in 1998.
Table of Contents
Your Wild Backyard
1 Discovering a New Backyard
Exploration 1: Sit Spot
Exploration 2: Wandering
Exploration 3: Mapping
2 Your Backyard Trees
Exploration 4: Expanding the Senses
Exploration 5: Exploring Field Guides
Exploration 6: Mind's Eye Imagining
3 Your Backyard Mammals
Exploration 7: Fox Feet
Exploration 8: Questioning
Exploration 9: Tracking
4 Your Backyard Birds
Exploration 10: Owl Eyes
Exploration 11: Deer Ears
Exploration 12: Bird Language
5 Your Backyard Community
Exploration 13: Journaling
Exploration 14: Story of the Day
Exploration 15: Giving Thanks
Your Backyard Journey Continues
Owl Eyes Certification
Speaking Metric
Connections
Index
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