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Use it to record your summer holiday adventures where youve explored, who with, how youve travelled and what youve discovered along the way. Print it off, staple it together then fill it with mementos and make it yours doodles, jottings, photos, poems and natural treasures. Download FREE activities, ideas and games at:

www.naturedetectives.org.uk/summer

Before you start your Big Summer Challenge, show how often you and your family usually explore the outdoors by colouring in the Adventure-o-meter opposite. Theres another one at the end of the book, so you can see much more adventurous your family has become over the summer!

My family
Complete your familys Adventure Passport before you set off exploring:
Adults Me Brothers & Sisters .. .. ...

Draw or stick a photo of your family here

My summer holidays
Keep track of all of your escapades so you dont forget how much you do over the summer:

Week 1
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7

Week 4
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7

Week 2
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7

Week 5
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7

Week 3
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7

Week 6
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7

My adve ure M a entu kit

sun screen n

nature detective sheets e es

t-sh hirt

magnify ying gla ass bin noculars

mobile phone

What e W are the must-hav m ves in your r adventure a kit?

hat

a snack and d a drink sung glasses

camera c

Wh else? hat first a kit aid

wellies lli

notepad n and pencil a

My team of explorers
Draw yourself with your fellow explorers, stick in a photo or make a collage with natural items.

Whos in your picture? Circle them below:

me / mum / dad / sister / brother / dog / grandmother grandfather / best friend / friends / aunt / uncle / cousins / neighbour others ..

My travels
Tick off all the places you explore on your adventures: woods underground sea puddles meadow hill moor garden cave beach our street mountain canal hedgerow river park pond hollow tree rockpool

a HUGE tree

night sky treetops

How I got there

How many different ways do you travel? Tick them all off:
bike on foot canoe car train swimming boat skateboard bus

on a magic carpet :O)

through time in a Tardis :O) piggy back aeroplane skipping hot air balloon raft ferry on horseback top secret submarine :O) rollerblades

Anything else?

The weather
What weather do you experience on your holidays:
light showers clouds sunshine & blue skies how many sunny days? .. what types? .. a heatwave how hot? ..C

wind

Have a go at filming your own weather report heavy downpours a cold spell how cold? ..C how much rain in the heaviest downpour? mm

thunder & lightning how many storms? . how close did they get? seconds away

a colourful rainbow how many? ..

bursts of sunshine

Anything else?

What we got up to
How many of these activities did your family cram into your holidays?
had a picnic we ate............................ climbed a tree which type? ............ raced snails who won? ...........

hunted for minibeasts we saw............................

picked blackberries how many? ............................

hunted for treasure we found...................

jumped in puddles how many? .......................

used trees as goalposts who won? .........................

made a daisy chain how long? ........................

snapped photos of what? ............................

sailed a leaf boat where?...............................

looked for cloud shapes what?...........................

More of what we did

danced in the rain where? ............................ wrote a poem about? ............ fed an animal what? ..................

looked up at the stars we saw..............................

explored on our bikes where? ..............................

built a sandcastle how big? ....................

felt mud between our toes where? ................................

found a hidden geocache what was in it? ........................

built a den in the woods using what? ........................

made a natural sculpture from what? ............................

found clues left by fairies what? .................................

sung at the top of our voices what song?...........................

My discoveries
What did you find? Stick in treasures, draw your finds or describe them here:

The tiniest thing

The smelliest thing

The slowest thing

The oldest thing

Fallen from a tree

Most beautiful thing

The wildest thing

The biggest thing

Left behind by humans

Underwater

Most colourful thing

The best thing

Picnic Our picnic

What tasty treats did you make for your family picnic? Jot them on the fridge door below.

Postcard
Design a postcard telling us about your favourite outdoor adventure:
front

back

Danielle, Beverley and Sarah nature detectives The Woodland Trust Grantham NG31 6LL

Cartoon
Make a cartoon about one of your familys adventures:

Best bits
What were the best bits of your holiday? Write them in the boxes:
Next summer well definitely

The worst bit was

Top 5 nature detectives activities 1. 2 3 4 5

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