In this unit, children will follow along with the story, "Swirl by Swirl" written by Joyce Sidman. This book will showcase the natural patterns and swirls throughout wildlife. In the following lessons, children will look at the shapes of nature, as well as drawing the patterns of nature themselve...

In this lesson, children will explore different types of shapes that are all around us that create patterns such as the spiral in the book to circles and other shapes. Afterward, children will create their very own pattern by coloring in the boxes and tracing the lines, as well as creating their ...

In this lesson, children will become an observer by creating a viewer for themselves! Beforehand, children will look through the sheets provided to see the different patterns in nature. Then, with a piece of paper, children will create their own scene of all the wonderful patterns they found in n...