5 Ways To Make Your Toddler A Nature Lover

Children have a natural affinity to nature and are fascinated by it, and eager to explore it. Whether it’s untrammelled woods or a park, nature provides sights, sounds, smells, and textures not found anywhere else. The simplest patch of lawn, stretch of garden, or pile of dirt can ignite your child’s imagination and creativity. Parents should certainly ensure safety and supervise their kids, but at the same time encourage them to love nature.

Hold your child’s hand today and bond with your little one under open, inviting skies. As your child embraces nature and begins to witness its many miracles, you will find the little one turn into a more compassionate, kind and sensitive soul. 

Here’s a list of ways to make your toddler a nature lover.

5 Ways To Make Your Toddler A Nature Lover

Here are some of the ways to make your toddler fall in love with nature:

1. Plant trees in the garden: You can bring a young sapling for your child and let the little one plant it. Let the tree be his/ her pride. Show the little one how over some time, the tree starts developing slender branches, and blossoms and reap fruits.

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2. Camping and star-gazing: All you need for camping and a spot of stargazing is a backyard.

You can camp a night in your backyard and your little one will know how it becomes cold during nights and what it is like to be woken by the chirpy birds.

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Show the little one the dew on leaves and the paw prints of squirrels and birds. If you don’t have a backyard, use the terrace in your building to camp out the night.

3. Have an explorer’s mentality: As parents, try to be open to whatever happens when you’re in the garden.

Give kids the time and space for discoveries and don’t rush them along a path. You can flip logs, lift rocks, explore hideouts and climb trees and all of this will only make your little one a nature lover.

4. Collect items found in nature. Simple and ubiquitous outdoor items like rocks, feathers, and leaves can be a breathtaking collection for your little one.

You can take home some of these and give it to your child so that he/ she can sort, mount and display it on their favourite table.

5. Cloud watching and weather foretelling: Is there anything calming than lying down on the soft grass on a clear day and watch the clouds pass by? Nothing for sure.

You and your child might have loads of fun deciphering various shapes of clouds and you can teach him/ her about high clouds, low clouds, and rain clouds.

Being a nature-lover is invigorating for a child. Plus, it’s the need of the hour as we are confronted with the threats of global warming and natural calamities. So, are you ready to follow these tips to raise a nature lover?

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