How to make a phenology wheel. PDF guide with ideas and templates.

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Create a beautiful visual record of the year with this printable 45 page Phenology Wheels Pack.
This gentle, flexible resource is designed for all ages. Use the circular wheel templates to notice and record seasonal changes in the natural world, from flowers, trees, and birds to weather, moon phases, colours, and family rhythms.

A phenology wheel is a simple but meaningful way to slow down and pay attention. It can be used as a nature journal, seasonal diary, moon tracker, weather record, or creative reflection tool. It works beautifully for home education, family learning, personal journalling, nature study, and seasonal living.

The pack includes a range of wheel templates and guidance to help you get started, along with ideas for different ways to use them. There is plenty of room for each person to make the wheels their own.
You might use your wheels to record:

• seasonal changes in your garden, local walk, or favourite nature spot
• flowers, trees, berries, fungi, and wildlife through the year
• moon phases, weather patterns, and the changing sky
• festivals, family traditions, birthdays, and special memories
• feelings, colours, quotes, sketches, and personal reflections

Because the wheel is circular, you can begin at any point in the year. Start in January, at the turn of a season, at the beginning of a new term, on a birthday, or at any moment that feels meaningful to you.

This is an open-ended printable that grows with the user. Young children can draw, colour, and add simple observations. Older children, teens, and adults can use the wheels for more detailed notes, creative work, reflective journalling, or seasonal study.

Perfect for:

• home education
• nature study
• seasonal learning
• forest school inspiration
• moon study
• weather observation
• family nature journalling
• mindful creative practice

Print the pages again and again to use across the seasons in your own way.

A thoughtful resource for families who enjoy nature study, seasonal rhythms, and creative observation.

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Pair this with our companion phenology pack for younger children, Watching the year unfold

While this main pack offers a broader guide to phenology wheels with more templates, and more flexible ways to use them, the child focused version gives younger children a simpler place to begin, with seasonal spotting prompts, space for their own ideas, and colouring pages to enjoy.

Buy both in a discounted bundle.

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For best printing results, open the PDF using 'Adobe Acrobat' - the reader app is free to download for all platforms. Select paper size 'A4' and a 'fit to page or printable area' option to avoid cropping when printing. Only print the pages you need to, to save ink.

📎Format: One PDF download.

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🖨️ Printing, usage & group licence

All content in this pack is © Sasha Jackson / Dartmoor Kin.

This is a personal and limited group-use resource. You are welcome to print it for your own family, class, group, or session, but the digital file must not be shared, uploaded, copied, resold, or redistributed. Full usage guidance is included inside the pack.

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\\ Product reviews from Etsy //

"I am using the phenology wheels to teach children about effects of climate change on interdependent species, like trees, caterpillars, and migratory birds. The choice of layouts is terrific! ♡♡"

"Simply the very best pattern ever. So many options! Love it. Thank you very much. ***** "

"Fabulous resource and really easy to use. Excellent quality , just what I was looking for. Thank you"

"good guide, really useful and saves time"