Little Garden Explorers Pack | Activities, EYLF v2 Documentation and Printables

Bring calm, meaningful nature play into your early learning setting with the Little Garden Explorers Pack.

This printable garden exploration pack is designed for children aged 2–5 years and includes hands-on activities, checklists, sorting mats, vocabulary cards, conversation prompts, observation tools, learning story pages, reflection pages, and EYLF v2 links.

Perfect for preschool, kindergarten, childcare, family day care, and early learning settings, this pack supports children to explore, notice, sort, wonder, draw, talk, document and reflect through garden-based play.

What’s Included:

• Cover page
• What’s included page
• How to use page
• EYLF v2 links page
• Educator observation page
• Garden journal covers
• Class garden journal cover
• Explorer checklist
• Scavenger hunt checklist pages
• Scavenger hunt cards
• Magnify and draw page
• Colour hunt page
• Shape hunt page
• Texture hunt page
• Sorting activities
• Vocabulary cards
• Conversation prompt cards
• Explorer badges
• Planning web
• Weekly planning page
• Learning story page
• What I heard page
• What I noticed page
• After the story reflection page
• Educator reflection page
• My learning page
• My nature collection page
• My favourite discovery page
• Extension ideas page
• Book list page
• Terms of use page

This Pack Supports:

• Nature-based learning
• Outdoor exploration
• Child-led inquiry
• Observation and noticing skills
• Sorting, classifying and comparing
• Vocabulary development
• Fine motor skills
• Communication and child voice
• EYLF v2 documentation
• Reflection and intentional planning

Why Educators Will Love It:

This pack makes garden exploration easy to set up, document and extend. The pages are calm, practical and child-friendly, with simple prompts and visual supports to help young children engage confidently.

Use it for garden walks, outdoor learning, nature tables, small group experiences, project work, learning stories, documentation displays, or quiet follow-up activities.

Please note: This resource is for personal/classroom use only and is not for commercial use.