First Impressions Activity

One of our favorite resources at Nature's Way Preschool is our Growing Up Wild Activity Guide. If you are not familiar with this curriculum, check out more information here! 

At the start of each school year, we like to use their First Impressions Activity as a tool for understanding our student's feelings and individual comfort levels regarding various common wildlife. We make modifications for each group, whether it be making popsicle stick signs with various feelings faces for each child to hold up, practicing showing our emotions with our faces and bodies, or leaving time for more thorough discussions regarding each animal. It can be very enlightening for children and educators to see the differences in attitudes towards certain animals based on different cultures, previous outdoor experiences, individual family beliefs, and more!