Young Naturalists

Welcome, dear insect lovers, autumn-leaf collectors, pond explorers, and cloud watchers!

Сurriculum

1. Alphabet Origins
   Letters are everywhere, sometimes hiding in plain sight! Explore interactive alphabet puzzles, discover letter-shaped patterns in nature, and match modern letters to ancient symbols. Find out how pictures became letters, then create your own story using pictograms.
   
2. Mishmash
   What a mess! Cartoons, drawings, fairy tales, and real-life details have all been mixed together. Look closely, find what does not belong, and help put everything back in order.
   
3. Grandma Was Little Once
   Grandma is knitting by the window when an old photograph reveals something surprising: she was once a little girl too. Open the family album, compare faces across generations, and look for family resemblances hiding through the years.
   
4. Wild vs Domestic Animals
   Once, all animals were wild. Some gradually began living alongside people and eventually became domesticated. Explore how this happened and learn what makes a domestic animal different from a wild one.
   
5. Forest Treasures
   A forest is full of things to discover: cones, berries, leaves, birdsong, edible plants, and natural materials for play and crafts. You just need to know where to look.
   
6. Day and Night
   Why does day turn into night? What makes some animals active in daylight and others after dark? Explore the changing sky, nocturnal and diurnal animals, and life in places where darkness can last for months.
   
7. Fruit or Vegetable?
   Can you tell a fruit from a vegetable just by looking? Solve riddles, explore where familiar foods come from, peek inside them, and meet a few fruits and vegetables that are much stranger than they seem.
   
8. How Animals Get Ready for Winter
   When summer ends, animals have a problem: colder weather and less food. Discover who migrates, who hibernates, who grows a warmer coat, who stores food, and who simply carries on.
9. Let's Talk about the Weather
10. Winter Fun
    Winter may be cold and dark, but it comes with snow, holidays, games, and plenty of ways to have fun. Explore winter activities and discover what makes this season special.
11. Garden Detectives
    Breakfast may begin on your plate, but the story starts much earlier. Follow familiar foods back to gardens, fields, orchards, and farms, and discover where everyday ingredients really come from.
12. Life Cycle of an Oak Tree
    An old oak has seen many seasons and sheltered countless living things. Follow its life from acorn to giant tree and discover how it changes, grows, and becomes a home for other organisms along the way.
    
13. Seasons
    Spring becomes summer, summer turns to fall, and winter eventually brings us back to spring. Explore how the seasons change and what happens to weather, plants, animals, and daily life throughout the year.
    
14. Forest Ecosystem
    Is a forest just a collection of trees? An artist tries to paint one and quickly discovers that something is missing. Explore the plants, animals, fungi, soil, and connections that turn a group of trees into a living ecosystem.
    
15. Backyard Wildlife
    Cats and dogs are not the only animals sharing our homes and cities. Meet the wild creatures that choose to live close to people and discover why human buildings make such attractive habitats.
    
16. The Life of a Frog
    Follow a frog from egg to tadpole to adult. Explore how frogs grow, where they live, how their bodies change, and why water is so important during their life cycle.