Nature Journaling: A “How To” Workshop

This workshop gives educators the skills and knowledge to incorporate nature journaling into the heart of outdoor learning experiences for their students.

Nature journaling helps capture student observations and promotes documentation of students’ curiosity in the natural world. Whether you are outdoors studying science, language arts, math, art, or a combination of these subjects, nature journals provide a great learning platform for documenting students’ experiences using words, pictures, and numbers.

Participating educators will gain experience and knowledge in how to: get started journaling with their students; develop ideas for using journals to build a sense of place on their school grounds; use journals for investigations, storytelling, visual thinking, mathematical thinking; and more. 

This FREE workshop incorporates Jeffers Teaching Methods with outdoor experiences and models how to effectively teach nature journaling. Participating educators will engage in a mixture of learning experiences from a student’s perspective and conversations and reflections from a teacher’s perspective.

Target Audience: Educators K-12

Class Size: 20 participants (Minimum 10 participants)

Date: Thursday, July 10

Time: 8:00am-4:00pm Lunch will be provided.

Location: South Central Service Cooperative, 2075 Lookout Dr, North Mankato, MN 56003

Facilitator: Dr. David Grack (Director of Education, Jeffers Foundation)

CEU’s: 12 Hours (8 hours on July 10, + 4 hours follow-up journaling, reflections, evaluation)

(Option to earn 8 additional hours, will be discussed during the workshop)

Register: Follow link at jeffersfoundation.org

Questions: Contact David at david.grack@jeffersfoundation.org

Participating educators will receive a Jeffers Journal, pencil, and Lookit to use during the workshop. Additional resources, including a Minnesota Weatherguide Environment™ Calendar and a Good Sense booklet will also be provided.

Upon completion of the workshop, participants will receive a class set of journals to use with their students in the 2025-26 school year.