My Nature Notebook

Claire Holmes is a school counsellor whose approach is trauma-informed and strength-based. Through her work she empowers others to access their inner wisdom and innate capacity for healing. As a mindfulness teacher, she weaves meditation into her work alongside expressive therapies and solution-focused interventions. Claire delights in spending time in the great outdoors, running, hiking and cycling. She is a certified Nature and Forest Therapy Guide and is passionate about children spending meaningful time in nature and deepening their understanding of the wellbeing benefits it provides.Claire is the author of the Moving On series, the Staying Well series, and the My Residential School Trip series, and is delighted to add the My Nature Notebook books to her collection.

• My Nature Notebook: using a sketchbook format, the pages in this book offer gentle prompts that guide children to connect with nature using creativity and personal expression. Most pages are designed to be taken outside and completed in situ, however, some can be completed inside too.My Nature Notebook Facilitator’s Guide: this book contains guidance, notes, prompts, and extension ideas for helping the adult to bring out the best experience for the child. Each invitation page in My Nature Notebook has a corresponding page in the guide, helping the adult feel confident in their delivery of the material and in supporting children through their notebook.

“In this unique resource, Claire offers a clear and compassionate framework that encourages children and young people, alongside their parents and carers, to explore emotions, tune into their senses, and communicate openly. Through this process, feelings are gently channelled into forming a deep and lasting connection with the natural world. This book will be an invaluable resource for anyone seeking effective and accessible ways to help young people understand their place in the world. Simple yet insightful, it provides a powerful approach to nurturing a meaningful relationship with nature, a timely and hopeful remedy for a generation that increasingly feels anxious and disconnected from it.” Martin Foakes, Chair of Outdoor Forum for South East Asia Schools and Independent Outdoor Education Consultant