Nature study discovery journals for Year 2 to Year 4 (KS1-KS2, Grades 2-4): three illustrated 16 page science workbooks on bats, frogs and spiders, each in a colour edition and a black and white edition.

Every journal follows the same I observe, I discover, I create routine. Children read short fact pages with labelled drawings, learn how the animal’s body works and how its life cycle or senses help it survive, record their own observations without disturbing the animal, draw and label, copy key words from their notebook, play a game or make a simple craft, and check their answers on the final page.

What is included (96 pages in six files)

• Bats: A Mammal That Flies, The Body of a Bat, Finding Your Way with Echoes, a shadow experiment, Bat Tic-Tac-Toe and answers
• Frogs: An Amazing Amphibian, The Life Cycle of a Frog, My Observation Journal, a life cycle accordion craft and answers
• Spiders: Meet the Spider, The Life Cycle of a Spider, My Observation Notebook, a paper spider craft and answer key
• Each journal in full colour and in black and white (ink friendly)
• True or false pages, drawing prompts and word notebooks with space to write and draw

Ways to use

• Animals and habitats topic: life cycles of amphibians and arachnids, and mammals that fly
• Nature study, outdoor learning and forest school observation
• Science centres, homework, early finishers and cover lessons
• Cross-curricular literacy, drawing and craft tasks

Print on A4 or US Letter at actual size. PDF, US Letter (choose “Fit to page” for A4). English.