Daily Dose

Here’s today’s dose of nature connection ideas! Flash connection: Scratch and Sniff Find some nearby plants that you’re curious about. Give their flowers or leaves a gentle scratch or squeeze and then smell the plant (or your fingers that touched them). Can you find any surprising smells? Adventure: Leaf and Flower Pounding You will need

Here’s today’s dose of nature connection ideas! Flash connection: Blindfold Blindfold yourself or close your eyes and slowly walk around until you find something to feel. Discover what you are feeling in your hands. Feel the texture and get a sense of the size. Imagine the colors. Let your hands observe every detail so a

Here’s today’s dose of nature connection ideas! Flash connection: Sour Grass It’s springtime and these beautiful yellow flowers with their green three-leaved clovers pop up everywhere! Can you see any out your window or on your way to the mailbox? Determine where sourgrass is growing closest to you. If you’re looking for more sourgrass fun,

Here’s today’s dose of nature connection ideas! Flash connection: Find a Nook Find a tree or plant that has a nook you can sit in or lean up against. Allow it to support part or all of your weight. Remind yourself that we humans breathe out exactly what a tree needs to breathe in and

Here’s today’s dose of nature connection ideas! Flash connection: Write a Haiku Poem Haikus are a style of Japanese poetry only three sentences long. They are traditionally seasonal and use qualities from nature but they can be about whatever you want. The first line is 5 syllables, the second is 7 syllables and the last

Here’s today’s dose of nature connection ideas! Flash connection: Move Like an Animal Let your body become different animals and move the way they would move. Think about an ant, a hummingbird, a heron, a weasel, a badger or a cougar. What kind of adaptations does your body need to make to move like that

Here’s today’s dose of nature connection ideas!  Flash connection: Take a Picture Walk towards anything in your yard or out a window and stop when you get close. Close your eyes and do a 3,2,1 countdown and then open your eyes for just 1 second, then close them again. Continue to see the image in

Here’s today’s dose of nature connection ideas! Flash connection: Trigger and release Find somewhere you can hear sounds of nature. This can be inside but open a window or sit in your yard. Listen for a minute while being still. Now strongly tense one part of your body. When you hear a sound from nature,

Here’s today’s dose of nature connection ideas! Flash connection: Read a Poem Aloud Find a poem you love and read it aloud outside to the world around you. As you are reading, give your attention to individual trees, clouds, plants, worms, and insects and stars. Read with feeling and from the heart. Tell us what