Trees

Nature walk

To answer our focus question this week, "What are the characteristics of the trees in our community?", we went on a nature walk. We talked about all the evergreen and deciduous trees on our campus. Along the way, the children collected leaves, pinecones, and sticks.

Sorting and CLASSIFYING

The children practiced sorting and classifying skills with all the things they collected from our nature walk. We made a pile for things from an evergreen tree and one for deciduous.

tree poems

Some of my favorite poems in our curriculum are apart of the tree unit. The first one we went over was "The Green Grass Grows". This song is a great way for children to learn about parts of a tree. The second poem the children learned was "A Tree My Size". This poem is a great way for children to learn the concept of size and width.

A Tree My Size:

This tree is wide

This tree is tall

This tree is thin

This tree is small

Beautiful trees

I see with my eyes

But the one I like best

Is exactly my size