Noticing Nature is designed to inspire the noticing of just how beautiful the world is. This Practice of Poetry journal pairs beautiful, classic poems with encouragement for children to observe and notice the nature around them. 

Through this gentle, daily practice, children strengthen their habit of attention, observation, memory and even imagination. Students will observe their world around them, illustrate their observations, connect ideas, and memorize poetry. All while improving upon their handwriting and internalizing language structures through purposeful copywork. 

Poems and poets featured in the Noticing Nature journal include:

• The Swing by Robert Louis Stevenson
• Daffodils by William Wordsworth
• The Rainbow by William Wordsworth
• Who has seen the wind by Christina Rossetti
• My Shadow by Robert Louis Stevenson
• A Bird came down the Walk by Emily Dickinson

This journal includes: 

• a six-week poetry practice
• one poem per week
• a five-day weekly structure designed specifically to support developing attention, memorization, observation, and imagination
• scaffolded levels for handwriting support (Level A: Early Writers Letter Formation, Level B: Developing Writers, Level C: Independent Writers)

This poetry practice takes merely 15 minutes and can be done as independent work or as an enriching family experience.