Sabine Simeoni
Wilderness books
Nature Art Journaling
Creative connection with nature through brush, pencil and colour
Wild nature crafts
Making, plant knowledge and wild-herb cooking with children through the year
Nature Art Journaling
Creative connection with nature through brush, pencil and colour
Inspiring nature experiences in every season – an instructive and artistic journey to a deeper bond with nature
Nature art journaling means recording observations and thoughts about nature in words and pictures. Children discover the beauty of nature this way and capture it in a notebook. They observe, take part, develop appreciation and environmental awareness, and find their own artistic expression with different natural materials and techniques.
With exciting questions and age-appropriate information, this book encourages exploring nature and awakens enthusiasm and a thirst for knowledge. The art workshop through the year lets children notice the characteristic features and moods of each season through activities and projects, and capture them in their artwork.
This book is a guide and a source of inspiration. Its ideas and tips stir the imagination, let children find their individual form of expression free from pressure to perform, and make the love of nature bloom on an exciting journey through the seasons.
Connected to nature
Finding your own roots through wild crafts
- Hands-on nature experience for everyday life.
- Make games, furniture and cosmetics yourself.
- Useful, beautiful and healing things from natural materials.
ISBN: 978-3-03902-047-8 Binding: hardcover Pages: 176 Format: 19.2 cm x 24.5 cm
Anyone who perceives nature openly and with all their senses connects with it and can draw on its treasures. Materials that nature has to offer become beautiful and useful objects without much preparation, cost or complicated techniques.
The author presents materials such as woods, wild plants, clay and stone, bone, horn and feathers. Old and new ways of working and techniques produce simple furniture, games, musical instruments, tools, remedies and cosmetics. In exercises in conscious experience of nature she lets us connect with nature and experience its elemental effect first-hand.
From the deep awareness of nature that finds expression in craft, the projects presented create things that carry nature into everyday life and are good for soul, mind and body.
PRESS REVIEWS
"Wins 2nd prize"
Gartenbuchpreis Dennenlohe 2021
Wild nature crafts
Making, plant knowledge and wild-herb cooking with children through the year
- Making, plant knowledge and wild-herb cooking with children through the year.
- Making beautiful and useful things from natural materials with children.
- Many practical instructions for families, play groups and schools.
ISBN: 978-3-03800-959-7
Binding: hardcover
Pages: 160
Weight: 724 g
Format: 19.2 cm x 24.5 cm
More about the book:
In spring, make a syrup from the first flowering herbs and whittle a whistle from young wood. Light a fire the old way and cook a soup together. Boil natural soap and felt with sheep wool. Make primitive tools such as a stone knife or a bow.
For the green medicine cabinet, cook a forest balm over the open fire. Chocolate bananas from the embers and stories around the campfire round off the day. A wealth of practical instructions shows how to experience nature first-hand and meaningfully with children through the cycle of the seasons.
Beautiful and useful things are made from natural materials with simple means. Experiencing nature, feeling connected to it and living through natural rhythms strengthens children, centres them and helps their potential unfold. An ideal way to live out the longing for the original, to draw on elemental values and to give room to your own intuitive core.
PRESS REVIEWS
"I find the variety of crafts and experiences exceptionally appealing."
fachbuchkritik.de
"Wins 3rd prize in the category Best Kindergarten Book"
Deutscher Gartenbuchpreis Dennenlohe
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Schattenspiele
Um den Schatten einer Pflanze zu malen, brauchst du vor allem eines: Sonnenschein! Suche dir eine schöne Pflanze aus und leg dein Papier oder dein Naturtagebuch so hin, dass der Schatten der Pflanze darauf fällt. Nun kannst du die Umrisse des Schattens mit einfachen Linien nachzeichnen.
Formen in der Natur
Naturformen sammeln macht Kindern großen Spaß. Sie sammeln draußen in der Natur verschiedene Objekten, die bestimmte Formen oder Muster haben. Dabei können sie zum Beispiel Blätter, Blumen, Steine oder Äste finden.
Farblehre
Farben sind ein spannendes Thema, und es gibt viele interessante Dinge darüber zu lernen! Zunächst einmal gibt es drei Grundfarben, die man als Primärfarben bezeichnet: Rot,Blau und Gelb
Lampionblumen
Die Lampionblume ist eine echte Herbstbotin. Wenn sie dunkelrot im Garten leuchtet, dann ist Herbst. Im Frühling hat die Pflanze eine weiße Blüte, daraus wächst ein Lampion, der erst grün ist und dann leuchtendrot wird. Im Lampion ist eine kleine glänzende Beere, die aber nicht essbar ist.
Hirschkäfer
Hirschkäfer sind beeindruckende, bis zu 8 cm große Käfer. Die Larven verpuppen sich noch im Herbst und überwintern bereits als fertiger Käfer. Ende Mai sind dann die ersten Tiere unterwegs und du kannst sie bis Ende Juli und manchmal auch noch im August sehen. Wusstest du, dass du Hirschkäfern besonders oft in Wäldern mit alten Eichen begegnest?
Download Phänologischer Kalender
Durch genaue Naturbeobachtungen lassen sich natürliche Rhythmen, ökologische Systeme und Wechselwirkungen von Pflanzen und Tieren erkennen. Diese Beobachtungen verdeutlichen das Netz des Lebens und die gegenseitige Abhängigkeit aller Lebewesen.