1. GROUP GAME

CORE ROUTINE 3: EXPANDING OUR SENSES

"Use and expand all your senses as fully as you can. Pay attention! Look Alert! Stretch Out! Use all the senses, one at a time, and together."​

~ Coyote's Guide to Connecting with Nature p.44

CORE ROUTINE 5: ANIMAL FORMS

"Physically, mentally, and emotionally imitate any and all animals in their movements, behaviors, and personalities."​

~ Coyote's Guide to Connecting with Nature p.50

2. SIT SPOT

CORE ROUTINE 1: SIT SPOT

"The idea is simple: guide people to find a special place in nature where they become comfortable with just being there, still and quiet."

~ Coyote's Guide to Connecting with Nature p.37

CORE ROUTINE 9: JOURNALING

"Keep a regular record, in drawings and in words, of your experience outdoors. Keep dated sketches, captions, and comments that describe your landscape. Keep it up through all the seasons until it becomes a habit you can't live without."​

~ Coyote's Guide to Connecting with Nature p.63

CORE ROUTINE 11: MINDS EYE IMAGINING

"Use and strengthen your imagination as much as possible, imprinting images in your mind gathered from the experience of all five senses."​​

~ Coyote's Guide to Connecting with Nature p.69

CORE ROUTINE 12: LISTENING FOR BIRD LANGUAGE

"Be still and listen. Quiet down and crane your ears and eyes to notice the vocal signals and body language of birds and other animals, including humans. What message do you hear in their voice?"​​

~ Coyote's Guide to Connecting with Nature p.71

3. LUNCH

4. STORY TIME

CORE ROUTINE 2: STORY OF THE DAY

"After spending time in nature, tell the story of your day. Tell your story verbally with others, or by writing or drawing in a journal."

~ Coyote's Guide to Connecting with Nature p.41

5. WEEKLY ACTIVITY

CORE ROUTINE 4: QUESTIONING & TRACKING

"Become a detective and track everything as a clue to a mystery to solve. Ask questions about everything and push your questions until they yield answers. Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?" ​

~ Coyote's Guide to Connecting with Nature p.47

CORE ROUTINE 7: MAPPING

"Orient to the compass directions and perceive the landscape from a bird's eye view. Draw maps to locate features of the landscape or tell stories that map your explorations."​

~ Coyote's Guide to Connecting with Nature p.58

CORE ROUTINE 8: EXPLORING FIELD GUIDES

"Browse through field guides as treasure-chests of knowledge that fill up the vacuum of your curiosity about nature."​

~ Coyote's Guide to Connecting with Nature p.61

CORE ROUTINE 10: SURVIVAL LIVING

"Interact with the natural world around you on a survival basis, including all the basic human needs: shelter, water, fire, food, tools, clothing, and art."​

~ Coyote's Guide to Connecting with Nature p.67

6. UNSTRUCTURED TIME

CORE ROUTINE 6: WANDERING

"Wander through the landscape without time, destination, agenda, or future purpose; be present in the moment; and go off-trail wherever curiosity leads." ​

~ Coyote's Guide to Connecting with Nature p.53