Introduction Before we Begin Spring Eat/Do/Look/Read Poem: "Today" by Billy Collins Recipe: Drinking shrub Make seed bombs Get to know a tree Create a scene Make a paper plane Interview: John Collins, AKA the Paper Airplane Guy Craft a pop-up card Plan a picnic Recipe: Grilled vegetables with whipped ricotta dip Recipe: Summer rolls River races Summer Eat/Do/Look/Read Poem: "Summer Stars" by Carl Sandburg Recipe: Ice pops Skipping stones Make petal paper Create a time capsule Weave a simple basket Games for journeys Plan a midsummer party Recipe: Barbecued corn with flavored butter Recipe: Butternut squash salad Navigate with nature Interview: Tristan Gooley, natural navigator Write a letter Autumn Eat/Do/Look/Read Poem: "Willow Poem" by William Carlos Williams Recipe: Figs with ricotta, honey, thyme and almonds Build a den Create a seasonal mobile Create a leaf mask Fly a kite Build a bug hotel Make a flip-book Take leaf rubbings Make your own pinhole camera Go stargazing Interview: Dr. Anna Lisa Varri, theoretical astrophysicist Map your neighborhood Winter Eat/Do/Look/Read Poem: "Picture-Books in Winter" by Robert Louis Stevenson Recipe: Alfajores Freeze ice ornaments Wrap your gifts Make a snowman Send a secret message Interview: Anna Gram, spy Memory game Shadow animals Plant a terrarium Rainy day games Acknowledgments Index.