Moss activities

Here you will find the collection of Twinkl resources linked to Moss Week in Lynn Seddon's Exploring Nature with Children Curriculum.

Any season is perfect to do a lichen nature study. Just go on a lichen scavenger hunt in a wooded area and you are most likeing going to find some!

This week in Exploring Nature With Children it is ‘Moss Week’. Here are some helpful links to get you going: Mosses life cycle (video) Moss life cycle under the microscope (video) beautiful images! A general introduction to mosses and how to identify them (video) How to create realistic textures (video) This is helpful for not only…

It's officially spring and we've had some lovely weather lately that makes us truly believe we are through winter. I've been seeing many families beginning their seeds for gardens and I can't wait to start ours...but not yet. The last three years I've started our seeds, joyfully, with everyone else and it has only lead to being bummed and replanting. They get leggy or the cat believes they were planted for her pleasure only (they weren't, haha). E and V have been into scooping lately (I…

Summer is here and we are thinking about summer craft ideas for kids. We found moss awesome to start with because it's basically everywhere and your moss craft will remain fresh longer if you sprinkle some water on it. Moss craft step-by-step: 1. Crumple some old newspapers into a bird shape 2. Tighten it with a thread 3. Apply some glue and wrap the moss around it Happy crafting! #mosscraft #summercraft #craftkids #kidsdiy #thepetitpelican

Tricky finding resources to extend your Home Education learning in #ENWCLichenWeek ? Look no further! Twinkl Home Educators have you covered with our specially Home Ed made 'Mosses, Lichens and Fungi Exploration Pack'. Lichen highlights include a nature fact file template, wordsearch, lichen photo pack, identification sheet, 'A Liking for Lichen PowerPoint' with 'Read and Understand' sheet, playdough mat and cut and colour activity. If you're "lichen" the sound of that, tap the link below.

It’s moss week in our nature study! - Today we learned about different varieties of moss in Nature Anatomy by Julia Rothman and cute cards by @twigandmoth - Elliot started writing his favorite types of moss in our nature journal and painting moss with watercolors, which we will keep building on - a worksheet practicing the letter Oal - Read Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock by Eric A. Kimmel - Put all the moss samples we found from the preserve in a terrarium to study

Creating mushroom spore art is an amazing phenomena to catch your child's interest in science and nature outdoors! This activity is STEM for classroom!

Next week in Exploring Nature With Children is ‘Moss Week’. Here are some helpful links to help with your studies: Mosses life cycle (video) Moss life cycle under the microscope (video) A general introduction to mosses and how to identify them (video) How to create realistic textures (video) This is helpful for not only moss, but all areas of keeping a nature journal. How to preserve moss. Moss-filled clear Christmas baubles (scroll)

Make fungi more interesting for students by building a mold terrarium. Just a few simple materials and kids will love checking it every day!