Nature Study with June: Autumn

About this printable

Autumn is nature's busiest goodbye. Leaves turn and tumble, squirrels bury acorns, geese fly south, mushrooms pop up overnight, and the garden gives its last harvest.

Nature Study with June: Autumn is an 8-week, 65-page printable nature study for ages 5–10, built around permaculture: designing like nature does. Every week has a story, real hands-on science, and a recipe, formula or project to try at home.

8 weeks, one big idea each

• Leaves Change Color: a leaf sorter and the hidden-colors experiment
• Squirrel Season: squirrel watch, acorn to oak, and drying herbs for winter
• The Pumpkin Patch: a pumpkin investigation, the pumpkin life cycle and roasted seeds
• Apple Time: an apple taste test, the apple star and simple applesauce
• On the Move: a migration watch, why geese fly in a V, and a fall bird buffet
• Leave the Leaves: a leaf-litter hunt and how to make leaf mold
• Marvelous Mushrooms: a look-and-draw hunt, mushroom parts and a spore print
• Tuck the Garden In: planting garlic and a garden plan for next year

Every week has 7 pages

• A story to read together: an illustrated scene with June and Nana, Find Dot the ladybug, and a true Nana's Note fact
• A grown-up page: the big idea, supplies, steps, questions to ask, and easier and harder options
• A kids' worksheet: tallies, guesses and findings, taste tests and plans
• A labelled diagram: why leaves change, acorn to oak, a pumpkin's life, an apple's life, travelers in the sky, who sleeps in the leaves, parts of a mushroom, garlic's slow year
• Autumn Kitchen & Workshop: a permaculture principle plus a real recipe, formula or project
• A coloring page of the week's scene
• A nature journal page

Also inside

• How-to guide and "Permaculture, kid-sized": 8 of Holmgren's design principles explained simply
• Autumn walk kit, safety rules and Dot's 24-item autumn hunt
• 12 Montessori 3-part vocabulary cards
• Find Dot answers and an "Official Autumn Naturalist" certificate

Made for real families

• Ages 5–10: easier and harder options on every lesson, so siblings learn together
• Little or no shopping: leaves, acorns, a pumpkin, apples and a garlic bulb
• Safety first: wild mushrooms are look-and-draw only, and grown-ups handle knives, ovens and the stove
• Facts checked against university extension, the USDA Forest Service, Audubon and the Xerces Society

The nature study with june series

Winter · Spring · Summer · Autumn: a whole year of nature study.

What you get

• 65-page PDF in two sizes: US Letter (8.5 × 11 in) and A4, portrait
• Print in color, or print worksheets and journal pages in black and white
• Reprint worksheets and journal pages as often as you like

This is a digital download. Nothing will be shipped. Download from Purchases and Reviews on etsy.com in a web browser (the Etsy app can't download files).

Good to know

• Personal-use license: print as many copies as your household needs. Teachers and co-ops: please buy one copy per classroom. Please don't resell or share the files.