As a teacher, my current favorite ways to get outside with my students are either going out to our class garden or going bird watching. Birds provide an opportunity for students to observe and ask questions about their behaviors. Animals and wildlife in general makes me the most curious! I often want to know why animals act the way they do. Through discovery, I have often found that there is a reason! American Robins-Worthington, OH

My son and I like to get out and do a little birdwatching.  Although he is still in preschool, he can usually look for birds for about a half hour.  He likes to point out the birds to me and look at them with his little binoculars.  I've taken to ask him simple questions such as, "What color is the bird's head?" to focus his attention a little more.  If I can easily identify the bird with my naked eyes, he can see them with his binoculars. After thirty minutes or so he gets bored so we move to free play and exploration.

My favorite way to go explore nature is to have no agenda before arriving at the park or nature preserve I visit. This way any discovery, bird spotting, or any other activity is just as exciting as the next. As far as my curiosity, I feel that I am always learning something new about birds, but I have started my journey in learning about the bugs and plants in my area as these are topics I am not as familiar with.

I like the language tip concerning, "weird".   I have heard students use this to describe oudoor experiences. I am going to be more cognizant  of the words I use to describe these experiences.

I enjoy challenging my students to various scavenger hunts, such as find something heart shaped, something yellow, something that comes in pairs, etc. Students will often go above and beyond the challenges presented and find all kinds of interesting things that leads to more questions and more discoveries. I am most curious about sounds in nature, especially bird sound and insect sound. The more I research about bird song, the more questions I have and the more I learn. But what I enjoy most is just listening!

My favourite way to explore nature is by simply going outside with no set plan or detailed trip. I find that we always have the best and most memorable experiences when trips are more spontaneous and there's no expectations.

My favorite way to explore nature with my grandson is to go outdoors without a definite plan but just allow him to explore the things that he and I are curious about. I didn't realize until I read this section that I often go into a beginner mind set while in nature and I think that this rubs off on him.  In this photo taken a few years ago we had traveled north from Florida to the mountains of Georgia for Thanksgiving vacation. We took walk at the state park we were staying out on a particularly cold morning and he saw leaves edged with frost for the very first time. It was so magical sharing that moment with him and even though I did hesitate to disrupt the moment with a photo , I snapped quick photo and was able to capture the memory. There is really not just one aspect of nature that I am most curious about. I feel that every time  I go outdoors I experience something with my senses whether by sight, sound, touch or smell that makes me wonder about it. For example today I was a 3rd grade substitute teacher and a child brought me a tiny little live snail and I wondered how it survived out in a field that had such little biodiversity. Every time no matter where I go there is always something to be curious about.

I like to constantly ask questions to kids. I will ask the same question to an older kid that I would a toddler and then ask the older one to expand their answer with detail, vocabulary, and previous knowledge. I love seeing new things in nature as well as letting children or my own child know that I had seen something new, or say I haven't ever saw this before. I like looking at them as they see these things in nature. What most makes me curious is what is around the next corner, hill, or tree.

Sitting in my back yard my husband and i enjoying watching the birds,  squirrels and chipmunks. And butterflies. Even the flying insects can be interesting. Some birds get braver than others and quietly seek us out for nuts! We do have feeders,  but I also try to garden and plant with them all in mind! I would so love to know what any one of these critters would want to discuss with me,  were, that possible. Besides letting me know they are hungary!

Being an artist and working with students also embraces "The Beginner Mind" which is an advantage when I take them outdoors to observe and wonder.  Animal behavior and new plants/even the invasive flowering weeds keep my curiosity going.

My favorite way to introduce youth to nature it to take them on a walk and use all senses.

La naturaleza toda me genera mucha curiosidad pero ha sido hasta que le he puesto atención y ahora entiendo el concepto de "mente de principiante" que creo haber pasado a otro escalón y ahora disfruto más de las maravillosas cosas ocultas a plena vista, como la actividad de las aves, el movimiento del bosque, los sonidos, los olores, los atardeceres, los miradores, que genial.

bringing a small watercolor set and some water color paper lets me see what the kids see, gives them the opportunity to practice art, express themselves and observe something.   I'm most curious about changes in nature over time. I can't get over how the landscape makes its own paths and choices. sometimes fostering the most unique little finds.

I really like the idea of the Beginner Mind.  When I first considered taking this course, my sense was that I had better have a solid knowledge base in order to impart lots of wonderful facts to the kids.  However, I now understand the value of learning together.  I think that will ultimately be much more fun and rewarding.

I love watching bird feeders and watching birds soaring on a wind current we have in the evenings in our backyard. I love discovering wild plants you can eat.

I love it when both parties are talking freely as of being on the same level of knowledge. I love seeing birds nesting.

My favorite way to explore with my kids is often our walk to/from school or exploring parks. We are lucky to have wetland trails nearby and get to see lots of critters and cool plants without a lot of effort. Animals spark my curiosity. (Especially birds.) It is so fun to meet a new animal on a trail or to find an unexpected nest. Animals and plants change so much through the year and it is delightful to see how their behavior/appearance develop.

My favorite way to explore nature is with the kids in my Family Nature Club. Charlotte already mentioned below the joy you can have by seeing things through their eyes. There is no better way to explore the out-of-doors, in my opinion.   Everything in nature makes me curious. Not having studied much about the natural sciences in college, everything is new to me and presents itself as a learning challenge. I find that there is so much to know in the natural world that I doubt the remainder of my lifetime will be adequate. After living most of my life in the 'human world' it seems that there is this other world completely new and different outdoors, just waiting for me to discover it! I will probably need to live a couple hundred more years to do it justice. Wish me luck! :)

My favorite way to explore nature with children is to try to see things through their eyes, and to affirm their descriptors of subjects rather than immediately correct to the proper name. This encourages their ability to describe and identify objects, and helps me to understand their perspective. Changes in plants are the aspect of nature that make me the most curious. It is incredible to see this seemingly inanimate object change in the matter of a few hours and to wonder and learn about the processes and properties that make those changes possible.