Plan on taking all of the children on a nature walk, but before taking off tell the children they will be collecting 10 things from nature. For example, they may want to look for leaves, nuts and dandelions, but not flowers or things from other people's yards. Give each child a small bag. When each child has 10 things from nature in his bag, head back to the classroom. Give each child a piece of construction paper. The children glue all of their nature items on their construction paper to create a picture. They then decorate the rest of the collage with markers or crayons.
A wonderful game that children of most ages enjoy playing is Hide the Pebble. All the children sit in a circle on the floor with their hands behind them. One of the children sits in the middle and another one hides the pebble. The child in the middle closes and covers her eyes. The child with the pebble walks around the outside of the circle and silently hides the pebble in someone's hands. Then the hider sits down in the circle. The child in the center is given three to five chances to guess who may have the pebble. If she is correct, she becomes the hider and the one with the pebble goes into the middle. If the child in the middle is incorrect, she will be the guesser again. Generally, the child in the middle will only have to stay there for three turns, then one of the other children will take her place. This helps keep the frustration level down.
Most children enjoy creating bird feeders. The supplies for this activity are one open pine cone per child, peanut butter, bird seed and string. Each child is given a pine cone. If they can, have the children tie a string to the top of the pine cone for a hanger. If they are unable to tie it, help with the tying. Have the children spread peanut butter over their pine cones until they are covered. Place a paper towel in front of each child and place some bird seed on the towel. The children roll the peanut butter-covered pine cone around the seed.
Place one cushion per child in a circle on the floor, then take away one cushion. Play some music or sing a song as the children walk around the cushion circle, then suddenly stop the music. All the children try to find a cushion to sit on in the place where they stopped moving. There should be one child who does not have a cushion. He is out. Take another cushion away. Let the child who is out be the music maker for the next round. The child starts singing a song, as the remaining children walk around the cushion circle, and stops suddenly. Once again there will be one child without a cushion and she is out. Take away a cushion and the two children who are out decide on a song to sing together. Continue this process until there is one child left at the cushions.