This helpful guide by Marcie Flinchum Atkins offers creative, easy-to-implement ideas for connecting elementary learners with the natural world. Download the guide. Dive deeper into insightful resources designed to support educators and enhance...
Marcie Atkins
Marcie Flinchum Atkins is a former classroom teacher and now gets to explore nature and poetry as a K–6 librarian outside of Washington, DC. In the wee hours before school, she writes fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for all ages. Wait, Rest, Pause (2019) and When Twilight Comes (2026) are her nonfiction picturebooks that explore nature. Her debut novel-in-verse, One Step Forward (2025), tells the story of a young suffragist. You can connect with her at www.marcieatkins.com.