Fuzzy Caterpillar: Stories and Activities for Kindergartens and Families, by Rowena Conahan - Paperback
$25.00
Early childhood educators, parents, and all who spend time outside with young children, this book is for you:
- If you’re leading a forest kindergarten, or building nature-connected culture in your home or classroom.
- If stories around a campfire with little ones is your idea of a perfect day.
- If you like to read aloud, but are ready to explore the connective magic of storytelling.
- If you want to expand each story’s wonder by pairing it with related activities.
- If you want to do all of it with heart.
Rowena Conahan co-founded and directed Nature Learning Community, a thriving outdoors education program, for ten years. Its first, and most popular program, Fuzzy Caterpillars, welcomed 3-6-year-olds, with their parents and younger siblings, to a cozy campfire setting in the woods. Every day was chock full of thrilling discoveries and gentle adventures. Now the fun is coming for you!
Fuzzy Caterpillar contains:
- Fifteen original stories which portray young children living nature-connected lives.
- Fifteen related activity sets, including foundational outdoors skills, crafts, games, social awareness and community building, sensory expansion, intuitive development, and more.
- Guidance on how to tell stories and lead activities.
- Abundant insight into what it takes to support a healthy nature-connected community (large or small).
The campfire is lit, and the folks are gathering up. With Fuzzy Caterpillar in your backpack, you’ll be ready to host!
Companion Volume: Rude to a Robin
- Format: Paperback
- By Rowena Conahan
- Illustrations by Noe Conahan and Summer Courtney
- ISBN: 9798287216733