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Home Activity
of the Month
Nature Scavenger Hunt
Activity: Go on a nature scavenger hunt! Make a simple list of colors, items, or textures for your child to find while walking in nature or print one of the pre-made lists below. Make a doodle drawing of what you are looking for or use a marker to scribble the specific color you want to find! Use this activity to explore outside! Try going on a walk in your neighborhood, a park, in the bosque, or foothills. This is a great activity to repeat in different locations!
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Supplies: Paper, markers, and nature!
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OT: Some kids have difficulties with visual skills that impact their ability to visually scan their environment. Using activities like scavenger hunts helps kids with their visual awareness of what is happening around them. If using the texture List, work on descriptions of different tactile experiences. Modeling and feeling the textures with them will help them start to identify and build a language library for different sensations.
PT: Use this activity to encourage kids to explore moving their bodies in nature. Encourage them to climb on playground equipment or safely on larger rocks or low tree branches to get a different view of the environment. Also try having your do animal walks such as crawling, galloping, frog jumping, bear crawls, etc. while they are moving around in nature. You can also have them practice balancing on rocks, tree stumps, and other items you find while walking.
SLP: There are many ways to support language with scavenger hunts including labeling the objects that are found, supporting prepositional concepts (up, down, under, on top, low, high), or try having your child describe to you what they are seeing. Some children may need you to model the language by telling them about the objects found, while others might be able to work on these skills with cues, such as “what color is the object you see?” or “Is the object above or below the tree?”