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Nature journaling is a huge part of our homeschool routine.

If you have followed our site for any length of time, you already know we are a family of nature lovers. We hike daily, in almost every type of weather. If you are on Instagram, you can follow our daily adventures via our stories.

The Best Books for Nature Journaling and Inspiration | My Little Poppies

As New Englanders, we see lots of weather but that doesn’t stop us from getting out there and exploring the world around us!

Lately, I have received several emails and social media messages asking about our family’s favorite nature journaling books.

And one of our favorite nature-related activities is to journal either during a hike or just afterward. Today, I’m sharing our favorite books for nature journaling.

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The Best Nature Journaling Books for Creativity and Inspiration

Nature Study in Your Homeschool

I absolutely love to explore nature with my children… but I am terrible at planning nature-related activities, art, and readings. That’s why I was delighted when Kara introduced me to a super-fun, super-easy nature curriculum. That was years ago, and we are still using it regularly!

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Before I share our favorite nature journaling books, I wanted to share this nature study curriculum. It is called Exploring Nature with Children: A Complete, Year-Long Curriculum.

It is super affordable and easy to use whether you are outdoors daily or just getting started. If you would like to learn more, you can read my full review:

Exploring Nature with Children & DIY Nature Explorer Packs!

Download our free Nature Study Resource Guide!

Be sure to fill your backpacks with resources for exploring nature

I have a couple of posts about creating Nature Explorer Packs for your little hikers, but here are some of our favorite resources:

The Best Nature Journaling Books for Your Homeschool

One of our favorite things to do is to take our journals on a hike, stop for a picnic, and take a moment for nature journaling. Sometimes, we sketch something we found in nature.

Other times, we draw a landscape. And, of course, we also sketch purely from our imaginations.

We love to enjoy a nice long hike and then return home and journal using some of our favorite books. The wonderful thing about nature books is that they can inspire so much creativity!

Books for nature journaling and creative inspiration

These are a few of the books that have inspired fantastic nature journaling in our home:

Super-Simple Nature Journaling

One of the easiest ways to inspire nature journaling in your homeschool is to create a nature table. I actually got this idea from Exploring Nature with Children: A Complete, Year-Long Curriculum.

As children hike, ask them to collect nature “treasures” and add them to your homeschool nature table. If you hike regularly, the table’s contents will change with the seasons. It’s a wonderful and simple way to learn about the natural world.

Add a few nature books, magnifying glasses or pocket microscopes, and sketch paper and your kids won’t be able to resist learning about nature… and maybe nature journaling, too! This is called strewing and it’s one of my favorite things to do!

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Nature Books for Grown-Ups

You didn’t think I’d leave you out, did you? Here are some of my personal favorite nature books for big kids:

Nature Games to Complement Your Nature Journaling

It wouldn’t be a Cait post if I didn’t include some of our favorite gameschooling resources!

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Would you like to learn more about our homeschool nature and science curriculum?

My oldest two participate in a homeschool nature class. In addition, everyone dabbles in:

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Now, it’s your turn. Tell me: Do you have a favorite nature book? Share here!

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What is the spiral book next to the Julia Rothman book? What a great post!

Caitlin Fitzpatrick Curley says:

April 30, 2018 at 1:53 pm

Thank you! It’s a sketchbook from the Canon Artist series, I believe.

What book has the apple variety drawing in it?

Caitlin Fitzpatrick Curley says:

May 28, 2018 at 1:34 pm

I believe it is Nature Anatomy- if not, it’s Farm Anatomy. Both are by Julia Rothmann.