1st Edition
My Nature Notebook Facilitator’s Guide Leading Outdoor Sensory Adventures
Benefits of Children Spending Time in Nature
My Nature Notebook Series
How to Use This Book
Safety First
My Nature Notebook
- Welcome
- Noticing Nature Poem
- Keeping Safe
- The Wonderful World of Invitations
- Forest Bathing
- Waking Up Your Senses
- Who or What Is Moving?
- Secret Orchestra
- Heart Listening
- Wonderful Watchers
- Choosing Your Sit Spot
- At Your Sit Spot
- 54321
- Nature Mandala
- Leafing Around
- Flower Breath
- My Mind Feels…My Body Feels…
- Shadow Play
- Mini Marvels
- Meet Your Support Teams
- Waking Up Your Support Teams
- I Spy With My Nature Eye
- Cloud Gazing
- Barking Up the Right Tree
- Nature Palette
- Trees Are the Giant Helpers of the Earth
- Breathing With the Forest
- Tree Talk
- Join the Tree Talk
- My Nature Chatterbox
- (Blank Page)
- Texture Trail
- Magical Nature Perfume
- Raindrop Magic
- Stone Stacking
- Mindful Eating in Nature
- Mindful Walking
- A Letter to Me
- Thank You, Nature
- Awards Ceremony
Biography
Claire Holmes is a school counsellor whose approach is trauma-informed and strength-based. Through her work, she empowers others to access their inner wisdom and innate capacity for healing. As a mindfulness teacher, she weaves meditation into her work alongside expressive therapies and solution-focused interventions. Claire delights in spending time in the great outdoors, running, hiking, and cycling. She is a certified Nature and Forest Therapy Guide and is passionate about children spending meaningful time in nature and deepening their understanding of the wellbeing benefits it provides.
Claire is the author of the Moving On series, the Staying Well series, and the My Residential School Trip series, and is delighted to add the My Nature Notebook books to her collection.
“In this unique resource, Claire offers a clear and compassionate framework that encourages children and young people, alongside their parents and carers, to explore emotions, tune into their senses, and communicate openly. Through this process, feelings are gently channelled into forming a deep and lasting connection with the natural world. This book will be an invaluable resource for anyone seeking effective and accessible ways to help young people understand their place in the world. Simple yet insightful, it provides a powerful approach to nurturing a meaningful relationship with nature, a timely and hopeful remedy for a generation that increasingly feels anxious and disconnected from it.” - Martin Foakes, Chair of Outdoor Forum for South East Asia Schools and Independent Outdoor Education Consultant
