If there is an opportunity to spend more time in nature, the activity can be expanded with additional tasks.
1) Checklist
The children receive a sheet with pictures (pictograms) of various items. They mark on the sheet what they have seen and what they haven’t.
Recommended checklist:
2.) Taste and Smell
Experiencing this is more difficult, but here are a few ideas that should be tried with proper expertise:
- Drinkable spring water
- Tasting well-identified (medicinal) plants (e.g., lemon balm, wild garlic – not lily of the valley! –, nettle [after being folded])
- The scent of forest soil
- The smell of leaves (by rubbing them)
Identifying scents carried by the wind (e.g., smoke, a nearby animal farm, exhaust fumes from vehicles on a nearby road, etc.)