Wild Wondering With God — Episode 8 — trees

write about what you are thinking and seeing and experiencing:

• print these journal response pages as a booklet

do some creative or playful things:

• climb a tree and see how the view changes
• make a neighborhood tree identification guide using this online tool for help if you need it
• do a bark rubbing
• play this game in an area with several trees: In pairs, have one person blindfolded and another person lead the blindfolded person through the wooded area to a tree. Have the blindfolded person touch and feel the tree. Then lead the blindfolded person back to the 'start'. Have the blindfolded person take off the blindfold and guess which tree they touched.
• head here for a TON of ideas to have fun outside

read with a buddy or by yourself:

• read The Things That I Love About Trees by Chris Butterworth
• study The Magic and Mystery of Trees by Jen Green, a non-fiction lovers book for sure
• travel to the Rain Forest by reading The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry
• read Mrs. Peanuckle's Tree Alphabet by Mrs. Peanuckle, a great concept book that introduces all types of trees
• gather around to read Little House In the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder

share what you have learned with someone else:

• teach this to someone using this guide