Meet the Tree Explorer’s Handbook
Whether your kid is a tree-climbing adventurer, a mini scientist, or simply loves being outside, The Tree Explorer’s Handbook is a great way to deepen their connection with nature. This summer, get your crew off of the couch and out under the canopy.
Designed for curious kids and budding naturalists, this tree-themed activity book invites young readers to get to know the Bay Area’s native trees. Through interactive activities, illustrations, and easy-to-understand explanations, kids will learn how local forests work, who calls them home, and how to care for them. It’s perfect for ages 7 – 12, and fun for grown-ups too.
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A Place-Based Resource
One of the best parts? The Tree Explorer’s Handbook is rooted in real local knowledge. We developed this activity book with conservationists like land stewards and arborists who care for Bay Area landscapes every day. That means the content is not only fun, it’s also accurate and place-based. It’s built to help kids understand what makes our local forests unique and why they matter.
Age-Appropriate Concepts
Parents and nature educators will also find this a helpful tool for engaging kids with conservation concepts in an age-appropriate way. It’s not just about identifying trees — it’s about seeing them as living communities that support all kinds of life, including our own.
Engaging Activities
The Tree Explorer’s Handbook makes learning in nature a blast! With hands-on activities like bark rubbings, fill-in-the-blank fun, and drawing prompts, kids get to explore the outdoors in creative, playful ways. The pages are packed with colorful illustrations, exciting facts, and questions that spark curiosity and imagination. Whether they’re pretending to be forest detectives or drawing themselves as a land steward, young readers will be so delighted that they might not even realize how much they’re learning!
So pack it along on your next outing, and let the forest be your classroom. You might just find that you’re learning right alongside your young explorer.