Exploring Nature with the Saints

Catholic parents need a simple, ready-to-use guide that transforms everyday outdoor moments into encounters with God.

Exploring Nature with the Saints is that guide. This 160-page nature study covers 34 topics, from soil and seeds to birds and the night sky. Zero prep required. 

For each topic, your family is invited to dive into fascinating facts about nature, meet a saint who loved that corner of creation, conduct a simple experiment, and discover the Biblical connection that ties it all together.

Through it all, Nature becomes a classroom where God is the teacher.

With Exploring Nature with the Saints, every walk, every visit to the beach, and every afternoon in the garden becomes a real opportunity to point your children to God. They learn to see creation the way the saints did — with wonder, gratitude, and faith.

Without Exploring Nature with the Saints, these precious moments pass, and the connection between the world your children love and the God who made it remains unnoticed.

If you are a Catholic parent determined to help your children find God in the world around them, then purchasing and using Exploring Nature with the Saints is the right decision.

Just imagine heading outside with your children for the afternoon. You grab Exploring Nature with the Saints, and together you discover that St. Francis talked to the birds, that seeds have to die before they can grow, and that the saints saw God everywhere they looked. They found Him in the soil, the sky, and every living thing.

You and your children begin to realize that THIS is what it means to be holy — to see God's goodness all throughout the created world.

Your child asks a question, and you look up the answer together. You learn about trees, bugs, rivers, and flowers, and the saint who loved these things too. Exploring Nature with the Saints has allowed your children to see God in the world He made.

Exploring Nature with the Saints is designed to serve children from Kindergarten through 8th grade, with varying levels of adult involvement depending on the child's age. Ideally, it would be used by a whole family.

• Printed in full, vibrant color
• 8.5" x 11", spiral-bound
• 160 pages
• Divided into 6 sections, 34 individual topics

Earth, Soil, Rocks, Fossils, Seeds, Leaves, Flowers, Trees, Water, Rivers, Lakes, Beaches, Air, Weather, Clouds, Rain, Wind, Lightning and Thunder, Snow, Sun, The Night Sky, Fire, Organisms, Insects, Spiders, Birds, Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles, Rodents, Pets, Dogs, Cats, Prayer in Nature