The Everyday Noticing Field Guide & Related Resources

A Noticing-to-Writing Approach for Joyful Writing for All Ages

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Pause, Notice, Write, Repeat

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These field guides began with a simple idea: that the world becomes richer when we slow down long enough to notice it. Noticing doesn’t require special training or elaborate tools. It starts in ordinary moments—watching light move across a wall, paying attention to the sound of a room, or noticing something you’ve passed a hundred times without really seeing it.

In a world that often rewards speed, productivity, and constant attention shifts, these guides are an invitation to do something different. To pause. To look again. To let curiosity lead.

Each field guide is designed as a gentle structure for that practice of attention. You’ll find activities that invite observation, reflection, drawing, and writing—not as assignments to complete perfectly, but as openings into thinking more deeply about the world around you.

You don’t need to be a writer, an artist, a scientist, or an educator to begin. You only need a willingness to slow down and notice what is already there.

Whether you’re using these guides with children, students, or for your own personal practice, my hope is the same: that they help you reconnect with everyday life in a way that feels grounded, meaningful, and a little more alive.

Start where you are. Notice what you notice. And see where it takes you.

I’m so glad you are here.

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For all writers, learners, and thinkers

The Everyday Noticing Field Guide

What happens when we slow down long enough to truly notice the world around us?

The main resources, The Everyday Noticing Field Guide, is a 22 activity guided experience designed to help teachers, writers, and curious observers reconnect with attention, creativity, and meaningful reflection through everyday life.

Through short, approachable entries focused on ordinary things—clouds, doors, shadows, birds, trees, dust, light, home, insects, and more—you’ll practice seeing familiar spaces with fresh eyes.

Each day includes:

  • A short nonfiction “small truth”

  • Guided observation prompts

  • Quick sketching and notebook invitations

  • Writing progressions

  • Reflection and discussion ideas

  • Mini-lesson support for educators

Whether you’re preparing for the school year or looking for a personal creative reset, this guide invites you to notice more deeply and think more intentionally.

  • The guide begins with one simple idea: meaningful thinking starts with attention.

    In a world built around speed, this practice helps readers pause long enough to observe small details, changing patterns, and moments often overlooked. Instead of rushing toward answers, learners begin with curiosity.

    For teachers, this creates stronger descriptive writing and authentic classroom discussion.
    For writers, it becomes a daily practice of mindfulness, reflection, and creative renewal.

  • A cloud becomes a conversation about change.
    A fly becomes a lesson in systems and perspective.
    A shadow becomes evidence of movement, light, and time.

    The field guide helps readers discover that ordinary objects and moments can lead to deeper thinking, storytelling, science, memory, and meaning.

    Students do not need extraordinary experiences to write well—they need practice noticing what is already around them.

  • Many students—and adults—struggle to begin writing because they believe they have “nothing to say.”

    This guide changes the starting point.

    Each activity moves naturally from:
    noticing → sketching → thinking → writing

    Writers learn how collecting specific details creates stronger imagery, richer reflection, and more original ideas. The process feels accessible because the writing grows directly from real observation.

  • Noticing helps us feel connected:

    • to place

    • to memory

    • to nature

    • to other people

    • and to ourselves

    The guide encourages readers to ask thoughtful questions, consider different perspectives, and recognize meaning in small moments. Over time, observation becomes more than a writing strategy—it becomes a way of moving through the world with curiosity and care.

Download Free Samples Activities: Rocks, Home, and Time

These sample activities invite learners to slow down and notice the world in three different ways through objects, familiar spaces, and invisible experiences.

In Rocks, learners observe texture, shape, color, and detail in something often overlooked, building careful observation and descriptive writing skills. In Home, they turn attention to everyday spaces and routines, noticing the small details, patterns, and stories within familiar surroundings. In Time, learners explore how time feels and moves, paying attention to change, waiting, rhythm, and moment to moment experience.

Together, these activities help learners build the habit of noticing whether they are looking closely at something they can hold, the space they live in, or something they can only feel.

Download the Sample Activities Here

The Everyday Noticing Field Guide Modules

An 8-activity purposeful learning module that helps learners of all ages build curiosity, observation, and writing habits through close attention to the natural world.

The Living & Natural World

A reflective 7-activity module that helps learners explore curiosity, observation, and writing through close attention to everyday spaces, objects, and the built world around them.

The Built Environment

A thoughtful 7-activity module that helps learners build curiosity, observation, and writing skills by noticing and exploring the invisible forces that shape everyday experience.

Invisible Forces

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • A field guide is a guided learning experience designed to help you slow down and notice the world more closely. Each activity invites observation, reflection, and writing (or drawing) as a way of deepening attention and curiosity—not completing tasks for the sake of answers.

  • These field guides are designed for a wide range of learners, including educators, homeschool families, writers, journalers, and curious learners of all ages. Little Noticers is designed specifically for ages 4–6, while the other guides and modules can be adapted for older children, teens, and adults.

  • No. You do not need to be a teacher, writer, or subject-matter expert. The activities are designed to be accessible and open-ended. The goal is not correctness, but curiosity, observation, and thoughtful engagement with everyday life.

  • Each field guide includes a series of guided activities organized around a theme (such as nature, built environments, or invisible forces). Activities may include observation prompts, writing invitations, drawing experiences, and reflective questions. You can complete them in order or move through them at your own pace.

  • Most activities are flexible and can take anywhere from 10–30 minutes, depending on how deeply you choose to engage. Some may unfold into longer exploration, while others may work as short, mindful pauses in a day.

  • These field guides can be used in classrooms, homeschool settings, nature walks, journaling routines, writing instruction, morning work, or personal reflection practices. They are designed to be flexible—use them individually, as part of a larger curriculum, or as a slow, ongoing practice of noticing.

Designed with Teachers in Mind

This guide is a simple, ready-to-use way to get students writing naturally—without heavy setup, over-explaining, or forcing a prompt that doesn’t connect.

Instead of starting with abstract writing assignments, students begin with what they can actually see, touch, and notice in their everyday world. Observation becomes the entry point, and writing grows directly from that experience.

Teachers can use the activities as:

  • quick daily warm-ups that build writing fluency

  • low-prep notebook routines that encourage consistency

  • mini-lessons that naturally move from noticing → writing

  • discussion starters that support academic language and thinking

  • flexible activities that fit into science, ELA, or interdisciplinary blocks

The result is writing that feels more accessible, more grounded, and more connected to real observation—so students start writing because they have something they genuinely noticed, not because they were told to “write about anything.”

For caregivers and kids ages 4-6

Little Noticers: A Letter Practice & Wonder Toolkit for Early Writers

Little Noticers: A Letter Practice & Wonder Toolkit for Early Writers

A flexible 10-day learning experience for ages 4–6 that builds early literacy, language, and observation skills through playful noticing, storytelling, and hands-on exploration.

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Download Free Sample Activity: Smelling in the World

This sample activity invites young learners to explore the sense of smell as a way of noticing the world more closely. Children are encouraged to pause, sniff, and pay attention to different scents in their everyday environment, whether at home, outdoors, or in familiar spaces.

Through simple prompts and playful exploration, learners begin to notice how smells can change, compare, and connect to memories, places, and feelings. They may describe what they notice, draw what a smell reminds them of, or talk about the scents they discover with a caregiver.

This activity supports early language development, observation skills, and sensory awareness while helping children build curiosity about the everyday world around them.

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Start Noticing Now: Blog Posts that Use Picture Books as Writing Prompts

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When You Find the Right Rock: Journaling with Wonder, Belonging, and Connection
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When You Find the Right Rock: Journaling with Wonder, Belonging, and Connection
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Mary Lyn Ray and Felicita Sala’s When You Find the Right Rock is a quiet celebration of attention and belonging—of the small, ordinary things that feel extraordinary when noticed with care. Through poetic language and luminous illustrations, Ray and Sala capture the simple act of finding a rock and transform it into something magical: a story about connection, grounding, and discovery. I think one of my favorite parts of this book when reading it to our little one was pausing on lines like,

“Still, there might be times when rocks don’t seem like much to look at. But then one will surprise you—like when you notice something special about you that surprises you. Just when you were maybe feeling sort of ordinary, there it is.”

For writers and journalers, this book is a meditation on presence. It reminds us that meaning often hides in small moments—holding a smooth rock, feeling its weight, noticing its color or warmth. When You Find the Right Rock invites us to pause, look closer, and find joy in what fits just right in our hands and hearts.

In this post, you can find…

  • Tips for using this book as a mentor text for writing

  • Ways to use the book with preschoolers, grades k-5, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, and for disciplinary literacy projects

  • Journaling prompts linked to the book (including nature journaling)

  • One grammar exercise to access grammar instruction

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102 & While You’re Asleep: Writing Through Wonder, Possibility, and What We Don’t See
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102 & While You’re Asleep: Writing Through Wonder, Possibility, and What We Don’t See
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Both texts in this mentor text pairing share something important: they invite readers to think about possibilities and connections between people. Each story is set during nighttime—centered on sleeping, dreaming, and what might be happening beyond our awareness.

102 and While You’re Asleep both draw readers into a space of curiosity, asking us to imagine what exists just beyond what we can immediately see. Young readers will also appreciate that both authors illustrate their own stories, reinforcing the idea that storytelling is both written and visual. (102, notably, was created entirely with ballpoint pen.)

In 102, Matthew Cordell plays with the idea that even when we count and feel certain, there is always more—more to notice, more to discover, and more just outside our awareness. In While You’re Asleep, Emmy Kastner explores what might be happening in the quiet hours of the night, suggesting that the world continues in small, surprising ways while we rest.

Together, these books remind us that the world is full of hidden moments, unseen details, and endless possibility.

For writers, they offer an invitation to explore imagination, curiosity, and the idea that there is always more beneath the surface.

In this post, you can find…

  • Tips for using this book as a mentor text for writing

  • Ways to use the book with preschoolers, grades k-5, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, and for disciplinary literacy projects

  • Journaling prompts linked to the book (including nature journaling)

  • One grammar exercise to access grammar instruction

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Outside In: Writing Through Boundaries, Connection, and Awareness
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Outside In: Writing Through Boundaries, Connection, and Awareness
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Outside In, written by Deborah Underwood and illustrated by Cindy Derby, is a poetic meditation on the quiet, persistent ways the natural world moves through our lives—even when we think we are separated from it. I would argue this is the perfect mentor text for a teacher that feels they cannot get outside in nature or wants to do more outside work with kids, but perhaps cannot because of time, budget, or access to natural spaces.

Through rhythmic, lyrical language and richly textured illustrations, the book shows how “outside” is never truly outside. It seeps in through light, sound, memory, breath, and presence. The world is always reaching us, even in stillness.

For writers, Outside In becomes an invitation to explore observation, contrast, and connection—especially the invisible threads between environments, emotions, and experience.

In this post, you can find…

  • Tips for using this book as a mentor text for writing

  • Ways to use the book with preschoolers, grades k-5, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, and for disciplinary literacy projects

  • Journaling prompts linked to the book (including nature journaling)

  • One grammar exercise to access grammar instruction

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The Tree in Me: Writing with Metaphor and Meaning
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The Tree in Me: Writing with Metaphor and Meaning
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The Tree in Me is a quiet, powerful exploration of growth, change, and the deep connections between humans and the natural world. Through lyrical language and expressive illustrations, Luyken invites readers to see themselves reflected in trees—rooted, reaching, bending, and growing.

I especially love the colors throughout this book. The pages evoke a pink sunset, with bright oranges and pinks that seem to jump off the page.

This book reminds us that growth is not always linear. Like trees, we stretch toward the light, weather storms, and change with the seasons. For writers, The Tree in Me becomes an entry point into reflective and metaphorical writing, where personal experience connects to the natural world.

While the book primarily focuses on the trees within us, these ideas can extend to other elements of nature as well. We might consider the storms within us, the flowers that grow inside us, or the gardens we cultivate with our thoughts. In this way, we are deeply connected to the natural world and to one another.

In this post, you can find…

  • Tips for using this book as a mentor text for writing

  • Ways to use the book with preschoolers, grades k-5, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, and for disciplinary literacy projects

  • Journaling prompts linked to the book (including nature journaling)

  • One grammar exercise to access grammar instruction

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Remember: Writing Through Memory, Identity, and the Natural World
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Remember: Writing Through Memory, Identity, and the Natural World
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Remember, by Joy Harjo and illustrations by Michaela Goade, is an invitation to reflect on who we are, where we come from, and how we are connected to the world around us. Through Harjo’s poetic repetition and grounding language, readers are reminded that memory is not just something we recall—it is something we carry.

The text moves gently through reminders of connection: to the earth, to ancestors, to breath, to belonging.

This book encourages us to slow down, to listen inward, and to recognize that our stories are part of something larger. For writers, Remember becomes an entry point into reflective writing, where memory, identity, and observation can meet.

In this post, you can find…

  • Tips for using this book as a mentor text for writing

  • Ways to use the book with preschoolers, grades k-5, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, and for disciplinary literacy projects

  • Journaling prompts linked to the book (including nature journaling)

  • One grammar exercise to access grammar instruction

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While We’re Here: Writing Through Presence, Connection, and the Shared Moment
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While We’re Here: Writing Through Presence, Connection, and the Shared Moment
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While We’re Here by Anne Wynter, with illustrations by Micha Archer, invites readers into a quiet, reflective space centered on a simple but powerful idea: we are here, together, in this moment. Through rhythmic language and layered, collage-style artwork, the book explores what it means to exist alongside others—humans, animals, and the natural world—right now. A striking message for anyone; however, anyone in a caretaker role will truly appreciate the images of slowing down and being with our kids in the everyday moments.

The text moves gently through shared experiences (and yes, disappointment), grounding readers in presence rather than urgency. It doesn’t rush toward a conclusion; instead, it lingers. It asks us to notice where we are, who we are with, and what it means to simply be.

For writers and journalers alike, While We’re Here becomes an invitation to pause, reflect, and write from the present moment—not as something fleeting, but as something worth holding onto.

In this post, you can find…

  • Tips for using this book as a mentor text for writing

  • Ways to use the book with preschoolers, grades k-5, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, and for disciplinary literacy projects

  • Journaling prompts linked to the book (including nature journaling)

  • One grammar exercise to access grammar instruction

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Goldfinches: Journaling Through Joy, Attention, and the Natural World
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Goldfinches: Journaling Through Joy, Attention, and the Natural World
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Goldfinches by Mary Oliver, with beautful artwork by Melissa Sweet, is a celebration of attention, presence, and the quiet joy found in the natural world. Through Oliver’s poetic language and Sweet’s layered, textured illustrations, readers are invited to slow down and notice—truly notice—the brilliance of a small yellow bird moving through its environment.

This picture book, adapted from Oliver’s poem, reminds us that wonder is always available to us, especially when we pause long enough to see it. The goldfinch becomes more than a bird.Iit becomes a symbol of delight, curiosity, and the art of paying attention.

For writers and journalers, Goldfinches offers an invitation to observe closely, to write what we see, and to rediscover beauty in the ordinary.

In this post, you can find…

  • Tips for using this book as a mentor text for writing

  • Ways to use the book with preschoolers, grades k-5, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, and for disciplinary literacy projects

  • Journaling prompts linked to the book (including nature journaling)

  • One grammar exercise to access grammar instruction

  • One grammar exercise to access grammar instruction

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So Tortoise Dug: Journaling About Curiosity, Patience, and Discovery
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So Tortoise Dug: Journaling About Curiosity, Patience, and Discovery
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Emmy Kastner’s So Tortoise Dug is a gentle, inspiring story about a tortoise who does what tortoises do best—dig! But as Tortoise digs, she discovers more than dirt and tunnels. She uncovers wonder, quiet courage, and the joy of moving at her own pace. Through Kastner’s warm language and playful illustrations, readers are invited to celebrate curiosity, self-trust, and the slow beauty of discovery. I also really love the nonfiction connections here as we encourage (as both teachers and parents) kids to be aware of the world around them. The book is based off of the real relationship of how two species coexist in the wild: the gopher tortoise and the Florida mouse. In the Author’s Note, Emmy goes on to explain that the book is a “pourquoi tale (“pourquoi” is the french word for “why”) This type of story is a fictional explanation of why something is the way that it is.” I love the idea of writers being able to explain real-world concepts through made up stories.

For writers and journalers alike, So Tortoise Dug reminds us that every creative journey takes time. It encourages us to keep going, keep digging, and find joy in uncovering what’s beneath the surface of our thoughts, stories, and dreams.

In this post, you can find…

  • Tips for using this book as a mentor text for writing

  • Ways to use the book with preschoolers, grades k-5, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, and for disciplinary literacy projects

  • Journaling prompts linked to the book (including nature journaling)

  • One grammar exercise to access grammar instruction

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Dear Acorn (Love, Oak): Journaling Through Connection and Growth
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Dear Acorn (Love, Oak): Journaling Through Connection and Growth
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Joyce Sidman and Melissa Sweet’s Dear Acorn (Love, Oak) is a gentle and poetic exploration of connection, patience, and transformation. Told through a series of tender letters from an old oak tree to a newly fallen acorn, this picture book beautifully captures the rhythm of life cycles—growth, waiting, change, and renewal. Through Sidman’s lyrical language and Sweet’s rich mixed-media illustrations, readers are invited to consider how all things in nature are intertwined. On the blog, I have been a huge fan of the illustrations from Melissa Sweet. How to Write a Poem by Kwame Alexander and How to Read a Book by Kwame Alexander are two of the first picture books I recommend to teachers to lead conversations about reading and writing in their classrooms at any level.

For writers and journalers alike, Dear Acorn is an invitation to reflect on relationships, resilience, and the quiet passage of time. It reminds us that even the smallest beginnings hold the promise of something enduring and strong. In Dear Acorn the lost art of letter writing can help writers tap into new ideas and people working in a journal to access different parts of the world around them.

In this post, you can find…

  • Tips for using this book as a mentor text for writing

  • Ways to use the book with preschoolers, grades k-5, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, and for disciplinary literacy projects

  • Journaling prompts linked to the book (including nature journaling)

  • One grammar exercise to access grammar instruction

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Seeing Ourselves in Metaphor: Journaling with A Face is a Poem
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Seeing Ourselves in Metaphor: Journaling with A Face is a Poem
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Julie Morstad’s picture book A Face is a Poem offers readers a playful and poetic way of seeing something familiar—our own faces. Instead of describing features literally, Morstad leans on metaphor: freckles as sprinkles, flowery faces, faces that you find in the clouds. Each page invites readers to view the ordinary as extraordinary. I actually paused in the bookstore when I saw the cover of this book because the colors and imagery were so beautiful.

For writers, this text is a gift. It reminds us that description doesn’t have to be technical—it can be imaginative, metaphorical, and deeply personal. For journalers, it opens the door to self-reflection and self-expression through the lens of poetry. This post serves as a how-to guide for using this text in multiple ways: in the classroom, at home, or within your own notebook.

In this post, you can find…

  • Tips for using this book as a mentor text for writing

  • Ways to use the book with preschoolers, grades k-5, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, and for disciplinary literacy projects

  • Journaling prompts linked to the book (including nature journaling)

  • One grammar exercise to access grammar instruction

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  • Notice More. Wonder More. Write More.

    These resources are not about adding more to your life. It is about learning to see more in the life you already have.