Outdoor nature scavenger hunt printable for STEM | math | reading K to 2nd grade
Resource Description
An outdoor nature scavenger hunt is a great way to encourage hands on learning and real world understanding of math and reading. Your students will love exploring a park, playground or garden as they enjoy an outdoor nature scavenger hunt or outdoor math scavenger hunt using tallies and counting real world objects.
What's inside?
There are 8 outdoor nature scavenger hunt printables included in the set:
- Picture based
- Picture and single word
- Picture and word with article (a / an)
- Picture and word with article (a /an) plus check box
- Guess who?
- Tallies and counting
- Initial letter
- Initial blend
Learning focus
You can focus the outdoor nature scavenger hunt activities on the learning focus which works for your K to 2nd grade class:
- Discuss and find initial letters or blends
- Count and color natural objects
- Make a tally of natural objects then write the numeral
- Play a guessing game
- Compare how many items are found in each category
Why hands on learning?
Taking the learning outdoors with a scavenger hunt in nature helps make the learning real for children in K to 2nd grade. It encourages them to apply what they learn to a real world context, and to explore, discover and use their creativity and curiosity to find out for themselves. Many children learn well in an outdoor setting, and it can be a great way of promoting positive learning and action.