We’re Going On A Tree Hunt
For the last few years, our family have taken part in the 30 Days Wild Challenge from the Wildlife Trust. The idea is to try and do some kind of nature based activity each day. They can be as simple as hugging a tree (that is one of their suggestions, and, I must admit, we have done it when we have suddenly realised we haven’t done anything on a day!) or staring up at the clouds. We have also done bigger activities such as making a butterfly feeder, going on a Nature Scavenger Hunt and having a go at tracking.
Growing up, I had parents and grandparents who were all very outdoorsy people. They could identify trees, flowers, birds etc. I decided to become a teacher and, other than breaks and PE, that was not a career that involved much outdoor activity. The 30DaysWild challenge seemed like a good time improve my knowledge of the natural world!
I designed the Tree Hunt activity to help both myself and my boys to recognise a few more trees other than just an oak! You don’t need anything special just a print out and a pencil. You could be even kinder to the environment and take a tablet with you to view it! Simply take a walk somewhere green and see how many different trees you can identify.
You can download a copy of the free printable here: We’re Going On A Tree Hunt
I love this idea, thank you for sharing, I definitely want to create a live of the outdoors with my boy
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This is such a great way to learn about local biodiversity. Here are some other outdoor ideas! https://www.ramsburyraven.com/life/relationships/growing-up-in-ramsbury-theres-always-something-to-do/
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What a great activity for kids and they learn a lot in the process! Thanks for the article!
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Oh I. love this idea! #kcacols
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What a great idea – what fun! #KCACOLS
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Great idea – my two love having an activity to do when we go on walks! #kcacols
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I love your printable! We have done this activity a few times and the boys have discovered lots of different trees. #MMBC
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Gorgeous printable. We love a good scavenger hunt. We are also taking part in 30 days wild. It’s so important to get kids to notice nature. #KCACOLS
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A lovely list and so well illustrated #KCACOLS
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Ah thanks for this, I’m definitely going to use it with my little ones on our walks. I used to know all the trees (Brownies was good for things like this!) but now I’m rubbish! #KCACOLS
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This is such a lovely idea! When I was little, my dad knew so much about nature and used to take me out a lot around our local boating lake and beach. He’d point out trees and bird breeds too. I haven’t really carried this on with my own kids, I think this tree hunt would be a great way to start!
Thanks so much for linking up at #KCACOLS. Hope you come back again next time
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What a fabulous idea! I need to try it with my son he is 4 years old and loves to go for walk s and hunt 🙂 #KCACOLS
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That printout is great. We have a lot of different trees around here and I am never sure which is which. x
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This is a brilliant idea – never heard of this before! #MMBC
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I love your ideas. Will surely share with my young niece who has two little daughters.
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I made something very similar myself last year. My husband has a huge knowledge of wild flowers, trees and fungi. So the kids all have learnt loads.
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We always take part in 30 Days Wild too. I love your idea for a tree hunt. We have a great matching game, where instead of matching two identical pictures you have to match the tree to its leaf.
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That sounds brilliant! We also played the Wildlife Trusts Trees Top Trumps which was great fun too.
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I love a tree hunt. Me and the kids are always looking at the leaves of trees to find out what they are. 🙂
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Oh I love this! I am not too bad with leaves generally but there are a few on there I’m not that familiar with. I really enjoy 30 Days wild we try and take part every year.
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Ooh, I’ve been looking for some naturey things to do with Oscar over the summer months and this is perfect. Thank you so much. I’d have had no idea what kinds of leaves we were looking at without this!!
Louise x
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I love this, I’m going to do this with kids as they often ask what trees they are
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I love this idea. We’ve tried more than ever to get back to nature recently. I am clueless when it comes to leaves so this is a great guide for me and the kids.
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