🍄 Mushrooms & Fungi Nature Exploration Printable Pack | 31-Page EYFS Woodland Activity Pack

Step into the fascinating hidden world of mushrooms, fungi and the woodland floor with this beautifully illustrated 31-page printable nature exploration pack, created by Roxanne’s Little Explorers. 🌿🍂

Designed especially for EYFS and early years children, this pack brings together nature study, early science, maths, fine-motor development, creativity, movement, mindfulness and outdoor exploration.

Rather than a traditional worksheet pack, the activities have been designed to encourage children to look closely, ask questions, investigate, create, move and explore the real world around them. Take the spotting activities into the woods, investigate fungi growing on fallen trees, discover the extraordinary network hidden beneath the soil, then bring the learning home or back to your setting through games, crafts and hands-on activities.

Perfect for childminders, nurseries, preschools, forest schools, home educators and nature-loving families.

🍄 What’s included?

This 31-page printable pack includes a varied collection of resources and activities, including:

1. Mushrooms & Fungi Nature Exploration Pack illustrated cover
2. Parts of a Mushroom – explore the cap, gills, ring, stem, volva/base and mycelium
3. What Is Fungi? – a simple, child-friendly introduction to the fungi kingdom
4. The Hidden World Beneath Our Feet – discover the incredible mycelium network beneath the woodland floor
5. Mushroom Life Cycle Wheel – an interactive, hands-on way to explore how mushrooms grow
6. Mushroom Life Cycle Spinner – coordinating top layer to cut out and assemble to create the working wheel
7. Fungi & Trees: Woodland Partners – discover some of the fascinating ways fungi and trees work together
8. Who Lives Around the Mushrooms? – explore the animals and minibeasts sharing the woodland habitat
9. Mushroom & Fungi Woodland Hunt – take it outdoors and see what you can discover
10. Fungi Spotter Cards – beautifully illustrated identification cards to cut out and take on woodland adventures
11. Wild Mushroom Foraging Safety – an important child-friendly introduction to observing wild fungi safely
12. Spore Print Experiment – a simple step-by-step mushroom science investigation
13. Mushroom Counting Clip Cards 1–4 – count the mushrooms and clip the correct number
14. Mushroom Counting Clip Cards 5–8 – completing the matching counting set from 1–8
15. Mushroom Size Ordering – cut out and compare mushrooms of different sizes
16. Mushroom Size Ordering Mats – coordinating mats for sorting and ordering the mushrooms
17. Woodland Trails – trace the pathways between woodland animals and mushrooms
18. More Woodland Trails – additional loops, curves, waves and zigzags for pencil control
19. Trace the Mushrooms – dotted mushroom outlines for tracing and fine-motor development
20. Mushroom Number Activity – early counting and number recognition
21. Mushroom Matching & Sorting – supporting visual discrimination, comparison and early mathematical thinking
22. Mushroom Lacing Activity – threading activity for hand-eye coordination and fine-motor development
23. Mushroom Playdough Activity – open-ended sensory and creative woodland play
24. Mushroom Tic-Tac-Toe – a simple reusable woodland-themed game
25. Mushroom Game Pieces – coordinating pieces to cut out and use with the game
26. Mushroom Creative Activity – a quieter creative addition to extend the theme
27. Paper Plate Toadstools – make a woodland toadstool using a paper plate, paint and collected sticks, using corks dipped into white paint to stamp the spots
28. Egg Box Mushrooms – a lovely recycled woodland craft with step-by-step instructions
29. Mushroom Mindfulness Yoga – 10 genuine, child-friendly yoga poses inspired by the mushroom life cycle and woodland
30. Mushroom Mindfulness Story – follow the journey of a mushroom while discovering mycelium and the wonderful relationship between fungi and trees
31. Further Mushroom & Woodland Exploration – ideas for extending the learning through nature, conversation and play

🌿 EYFS Learning

There is so much learning tucked beneath the mushrooms! The pack supports several areas of the EYFS, including:

Understanding the World through observing nature, fungi, habitats, seasonal change, life cycles and simple scientific investigation.

Mathematics through counting, number recognition, comparing, ordering, sorting and noticing size.

Physical Development through tracing, cutting, threading, clipping, playdough, crafting and yoga.

Communication & Language through new vocabulary, discussion, storytelling, questioning and talking about discoveries.

Expressive Arts & Design through painting, recycled crafts, sensory play and open-ended creative activities.

The activities also encourage curiosity, concentration, observation, problem solving, independence and a connection with the natural world. 🍂

✂️ Print, Laminate & Explore

The pack contains a mixture of portrait and landscape A4 pages, designed to print in the correct orientation. Some resources can simply be printed and enjoyed, while others can be cut out and laminated for repeated use.

The spotting resources are perfect for slipping into your outdoor bag and taking on woodland walks, while the reusable games, clip cards and activities can become part of an autumn or nature provision.

📥 You will receive

1 digital PDF containing 31 printable A4 pages.

This is a digital download only. No physical item will be posted.

For best results, print at actual size / 100% unless your individual printer requires “fit to printable area”.

🍄 A little note about wild fungi

This resource is intended to encourage children to observe, photograph, investigate and admire fungi, not to identify mushrooms as safe to eat. Never eat wild fungi unless it has been positively identified as safe by a suitably knowledgeable expert. Children should always explore wild fungi with appropriate adult supervision.

🤎 Please note

This resource is for personal use or use within one childcare/educational setting. Please do not copy, resell, redistribute, share or upload the digital files elsewhere.

Created by Roxanne’s Little Explorers