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Build a Toad Abode
Build a cool, damp shelter from a broken clay pot and turn your garden into a home for the night watchman of the backyard.
👩👧 Parent Base
Resources, mission kits, and science-aligned activities for parents and teachers.
🏫 Grandma's Backyard Share
Bring Tootie's Backyard into your classroom! Grandma's Backyard Share program provides NGSS-aligned lesson plans, printable field journals, badge systems, and weekly nature observation guides.
📚 Learn About Classroom Licensing🦉 Grandma's Owl Eyes Safety Approach
🎓 NGSS Connections
Each friend, story, and activity is tagged to Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), making it easy to find materials that match your curriculum. See NGSS tags on each Friend's profile page.
🎒 Family Activity Kits
Hands-on outdoor adventures for the whole family — no equipment needed, just curiosity!
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Build a Bee Condo
Construct bamboo and wood apartments for solitary mason bees — the most efficient pollinators in the backyard.
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Decay Detective Log
Place a log in a shady corner and discover the entire secret world of decomposers living underneath — the cleanup crew of the forest floor.
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Stick Raft Racing
Build a miniature raft from sticks and a leaf sail, then race it in a puddle. You're solving the same problems ancient shipbuilders solved.
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Flower Pounding (Hapa Zome)
Transfer living color from fresh flowers directly onto fabric by pounding them — a Japanese natural dyeing technique that turns your garden into an art supply store.
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Build a Pollinator Garden
Design a living feast that feeds native bees, beetles, and hummingbirds from spring through fall — a real working wildlife habitat.
🖨️ Printable Resources
Field journals, safety checklists, and nature observation logs — print and take outside!
🖨️ Go to Print Hub →