preface

Chapter 1: Befriending Nature

1.
Say hello to your forest friends
2.
Let's put our hearts together
3.
Forest Treasure Hunt
4.
Find what's different
5.
Decide on your own tree and take care of it
6.
Naming Nature
7.
Diversity Saves the Planet

Chapter 2: Spring is here! Come play, Frog!

1.
Warm up with frog exercises
2.
frog mating
3.
A frog's lifespan
4.
Where are you hiding, frog?
5.
Frog Hunter
6.
Jump far, far away, frog

Chapter 3: Spring has come to the flower garden

1.
Looking for a partner
2.
An outing to find colors in nature
3.
I am a rosette plant
4.
I'll give you a name
5.
It's pretty when you look closely
6.
spring greens
7.
Nature play you can do indoors

Chapter 4: Animal Friends Come to the School Forest

1.
Find animal friends while walking around the school
2.
Find the caterpillar
3.
Mom, please give me some food.
4.
The exciting, spinning snail game
5.
diligent ant
6.
A spider climbing a web
7.
Protect the Queen Bee

Chapter 5: Let's Go Flower Viewing

1.
Flower viewing
2.
Draw with natural paints
3.
Making a flower water handkerchief
4.
Understanding the structure of flowers
5.
Making pressed flowers
6.
Making a petal (leaf) dress
7.
Create your own flower dictionary
8.
Balsam Flower Nail Art

Chapter 6: The Giving Tree

1.
Playing with branches
2.
Is it grass or a tree?
3.
The Rose of Sharon has bloomed~Chicken
4.
Identifying trees
5.
A picture made by a tree
6.
Find the tree I touched
7.
Prove that you are alive
8.
Is it a conifer or a broadleaf tree?
9.
Finding the age and roots of a tree
10.
Stop the yellow dust
11.
Trees that protect the forest

Chapter 7: Let's Play with Leaves

1.
Get familiar with the stems and leaves
2.
We are one body
3.
leaf rubbings
4.
Leaf symmetry
5.
Leaf Puzzle
6.
Classifying leaves
7.
Matchmaking game
8.
Leaf rock-paper-scissors
9.
Find natural objects that resemble the shape cards

Chapter 8: Hide and Seek Leader, Insect

1.
Insect Dice Game
2.
Experience the life of an insect
3.
Find the insect
4.
The best lover, dragonfly
5.
Muscle Man, Cicada
6.
Insects that seem similar but are different

Chapter 9: The World of Amazing Animals

1.
Footprints, who are you?
2.
Want to become a bird?
3.
Land, sea, and air games
4.
Animals looking for trees
5.
Infinite Challenge to Protect the Nest
6.
The World of Amazing Animals
7.
Run far, far
8.
Slowly, slowly

Chapter 10 What is our relationship?

1.
We are friends who help each other.
2.
Thanks for your help
3.
I'm upset because of you
4.
I can't live because of you

Chapter 11: Autumn, the Magician of Fruit and Color

1.
Pine Cone Hunt
2.
Forest Art Play
3.
See it from a different perspective
4.
Find the hidden color
5.
What could it be?
6.
Like things gather together
7.
Fruit Passing Game
8.
Riding the wind far, far away
9.
Attached to the animal's body and far away
10.
Explode powerfully and go far, far away
11.
The ants are biting and flying far away
12.
Become food for animals and travel far and wide
13.
Inanimate objects are also part of nature
14.
Name Guessing Bingo

supplement

Written by a teacher and forest interpreter,
Things you can do at school,
161 Ecology Activities Linked to Curriculum

Ecological play is a very effective educational method that allows children to learn about nature and ecology while having fun playing in nature.
Because it stimulates interest and curiosity, provides an opportunity to learn about the ecology of plants and animals, and naturally think about the diversity of life and the meaning of life.
However, in our urbanized daily lives, it is difficult to go directly to the forest and play.
Spaces beyond that limit are the school forest or a nearby park.
Even in artificially created and managed forests, there are many activities that allow you to observe and experience natural phenomena.

《School Forest Ecology Play》 is an ecological play book written by a teacher and forest interpreter.
We introduced 161 ecological games linked to the curriculum.
It is a game that can be played without leaving school, and contains content that is good for learning about the dignity of life and developing character.
We have included a ‘Note’ section and an ‘Appendix’ to make it easy for teachers who are not familiar with nature and ecology to use.
Rather than simply focusing on fun nature play, this will also be helpful for parents who want to see their children develop intellectually and develop a rich ecological sensitivity by connecting with the ecology of plants and animals.