Nature Wise Learning
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Wisconsin, United States
About the store
🌲🍄Nature Wise Learning🍄🌲 offers a variety of nature-based and traditional preschool resources designed to inspire, engage, and support early childhood educators. With over 20 years of experience teaching, owning, and directing preschool, early childhood, and nature programs, I bring a deep understanding of what young children need to thrive.
My mission is to help you create developmentally appropriate, play-based learning experiences that nurture children’s growth, spark their curiosity and sense of wonder, and build meaningful connections to the natural world. Whether you're looking for seasonal nature activities, literacy and math centers, or outdoor learning ideas, you'll find resources here that are practical, enriching, and rooted in best practices.
Let’s work together to bring the wonder of nature and the joy of play into every preschool day!
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Friendship Movement Cards | Brain Breaks, Transitions, Large Motor Activities
Make your friendship theme come alive with these fun Friendship Movement Cards! Perfect for brain breaks, transitions, circle time, music & movement, and large group activities. Kids practice gross motor skills, balance, following directions, and teamwork while having fun! ✨What's Included:16 movement cards in two sizes (small cards – 4 per page, medium cards – 2 per page)Friendship-themed actions that encourage cooperation, kindness, and interactive playBright, kid-friendly designs that capt
PreK - 2nd
For All Subjects, Physical Education, Social Emotional Learning
Family and Pets Movement Cards | Large Motor Brain Break Transition Activities
Bring movement, fun, and family-themed learning into your classroom with this set of Family Movement Cards! Perfect for brain breaks, transitions, circle time, or music & movement activities, these cards help children stay active while practicing important skills. ✨ What's Included:22 small cards (4 cards per page)22 medium cards (2 cards per page)☝️ These cards are designed to support:Following directionsLarge motor skills & balanceDance and movement skillsImaginative play with a family or p
PreK - 2nd
Dance, For All Subjects, Physical Education
Animal Alphabet Book- Preschool Letter Recognition & Sounds Matching Activity
Make learning the alphabet a fun adventure with the Animal Alphabet Book! This letter matching activity offers an engaging method for children to identify uppercase letters while introducing them to a corresponding animal for each letter of the alphabet. ✨ What's Included:26 half-page alphabet book pages in color 26 half-page alphabet book pages in black/whitefront and back cover pages4 star-shaped manipulatives✍️ Each page features:A bold uppercase letter and a fun, friendly animal that starts
PreK - K
Alphabet, General Science, Phonics & Phonological Awareness
CCSS
RF.K.1d
, RF.K.3a
Christmas Patterning-Winter Math Activities, Games and Centers for Preschool
Boost your students' math skills with these Christmas patterning activities and worksheets! Students love to create patterns, and these Christmas patterns are a great way to help them to practice their math skills. There are six different patterns for them to extend and create! The patterns in this resource include AB, AAB, ABC, AABB, ABB, ABCD. Differentiate instruction to reach all learners, students who are working on AB patterns as well as those who are ready to try more complex patterns. B
PreK - 1st
Math
CCSS
MP7
Thanksgiving Placemat Coloring Pages-Gratitude Turkey Craft for Preschool
Students will enjoy crafting a Thanksgiving placemat that they can proudly display at their Thanksgiving dinner. With three unique designs available, they can select and color their favorite. Those wishing to create a placemat can trim along the edges and glue it to construction paper for a festive touch. What’s Included:☆ 3 Thanksgiving placemat coloring pages Possible Uses:☆ coloring pages ☆ placemat ★ Click on VIEW PREVIEW above to check out everything that is included. ★ Additional Resource
PreK - 1st
Coloring Pages
Trick or Treat Halloween Party Large Motor Movement Game
This fun Halloween party game is sure to be a hit as children do large motor movements to portray Halloween characters and collect treats along the way! To play this party game with a small group of children, sit in a circle and place the cards face down in the middle. Each child takes a card that tells them to do a trick (movement), take a treat from a bucket of candy, or to share. Play goes around the circle until everyone has a few candies. Benefits:✩ large motor movements ✩ following directi
PreK - 2nd
Classroom Community
Alphabet Letter Building and Handwriting Bundle Preschool Writing Worksheets
This handwriting bundle offers the perfect curriculum for preschool students. It allows them to construct letters with manipulatives, assemble the letters using loose parts, and practice tracing and writing the letters, all while they learn letter recognition and sounds. The images accompanying the letters remain consistent across all products. Benefits:☆ complete handwriting curriculum ☆ hands-on ☆ teaches letters and sounds ☆ simple to use ☆ scaffolded approach ☆ multi-sensory What’s Included:
PreK - 1st
English Language Arts, Handwriting, Writing
CCSS, TEKS, VA SOL
RF.K.1
, RF.K.1d
, RF.K.3a
+4
Alphabet Handwriting Practice Tracing and Writing Worksheets for Preschool
Your students will love learning how to write letters with these letter writing worksheets. They can trace the letter then write it on their own. These can be used in conjunction with other writing activities to teach handwriting skills to your preschool students. This resource coordinates with the letter building mats and manipulatives, letter building with loose parts, alphabet posters, alphabet posters and chart in my store. Benefits:✩ No prep ✩ Easy to use ✩ Pictures match my other hand
PreK - 1st
English Language Arts, Handwriting, Writing
Alphabet Letter Building Loose Parts-Preschool Writing Handwriting Worksheets
Boost your students' handwriting skills with these letter building mats for loose parts. The mats can be used in conjunction with other writing activities to teach handwriting skills to your preschool students. This multisensory activity involves children placing natural elements or other loose parts onto the mat to shape the letter. Link the letter to its corresponding picture and sound displayed at the page's bottom. The pictures on each page correlate with the alphabet posters and alphabet
PreK - 1st
English Language Arts, Handwriting, Writing
CCSS
RF.K.1
, RF.K.1d
, RF.K.2
Alphabet Letter Building Mats for Writing Handwriting Instruction Preschool
These letter building mats can be used in conjunction with other writing activities to teach handwriting skills to your preschool students. This activity is multisensory and hands-on as children place manipulatives onto the mat to form the letter and connect the letter to a picture and sound that is shown at the bottom of the page. These pictures correlate with the letter bulding with loose parts , letter writing, alphabet posters and alphabet posters and chart in my store. Benefits:✩ Multi-
PreK - 1st
English Language Arts, Handwriting, Writing
CCSS
RF.K.1
, RF.K.1d
Forest Woodland Alphabet Posters and Chart Nature Classroom Decor with ASL
These forest alphabet posters are a great way to decorate your classroom with a nature theme decor. Each poster has a nature image and includes ASL sign-language signs to go with it to help you teach the letters and sounds in a multi-sensory way. Just cut out the ASL cards for the letter and attach it to the back of each alphabet poster. When you are teaching the letter, refer to the coordinating ASL sign. The alphabet chart is a great resource to add to your writing center! The images on the po
PreK - 3rd
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About the store
Experience
🌲🍄Nature Wise Learning🍄🌲 offers a variety of nature-based and traditional preschool resources designed to inspire, engage, and support early childhood educators. With over 20 years of experience teaching, owning, and directing preschool, early childhood, and nature programs, I bring a deep understanding of what young children need to thrive.
My mission is to help you create developmentally appropriate, play-based learning experiences that nurture children’s growth, spark their curiosity and sense of wonder, and build meaningful connections to the natural world. Whether you're looking for seasonal nature activities, literacy and math centers, or outdoor learning ideas, you'll find resources here that are practical, enriching, and rooted in best practices.
Let’s work together to bring the wonder of nature and the joy of play into every preschool day!
Teaching style
I believe children thrive in nature—where every stone, leaf, and breeze hold the potential for discovery and growth. Nature is not just the setting for learning; it is the teacher, the classroom, and the guide. I love to teach outdoors, following children’s natural curiosities and interests while incorporating hands-on, play-based, and nature-rich experiences into every lesson.
The natural world offers an ever-changing environment full of loose parts, imaginative play opportunities, and sensory-rich exploration. It helps children grow in confidence, creativity, and a deep sense of belonging—both in the land they live on and in their learning community. In nature, children find space to become who they are truly meant to be.
When children build a relationship with the natural world, they also develop a lifelong sense of care and responsibility. I believe that by helping children fall in love with nature now, we are nurturing the future stewards of our planet.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Achieved a 5-star quality rating for eight consecutive years while serving as a preschool director.
Nominated for a Teacher of the Year Award
My own education history
Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education
Master of Science in Early Childhood Education
Certification in Nature-Based Teaching
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