A Walk in the Park     (Activity Instructions)      2 Years      3 Years      4 Years

Number of participants: 1 or more
Print off one story sheet. (link below)
Print off one nature picture sheet per listener. (link below)
Make a paper bag for each listener. One blank piece of paper needed to do this. (Instructions below)

Teachers: Give each listener one sheet of 9 nature pictures. Have each listener color the sheet. Cut out the 9 nature pictures. Have each listener place his pictures in front of him. 

Parents: Same as above.

How-to create a bag out of paper: Take a blank piece of paper and fold it in half. Then, fold the sides inward about a ¼ of an inch. Diagram is below.

Reading Instructions: Explain that this is an active story and that all listeners are to listen carefully and do what you tell them to do throughout the story. Begin reading the story, and after each line, tell the listeners to do the actions written in parenthesis at the end of each paragraph. Provide help, with choosing the correct pictures, when needed. When the story is over, you can give each listener another blank piece of paper and have him make a picture by gluing or taping the nature pictures onto the blank paper. You can discuss other things the listener has seen when he’s taken walks. 

Story           Nature Cards