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Plants and trees |
Exploring and naming plants and trees |
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Notice and feel the composition of the forest floor. |
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Plants and trees |
Exploring and naming plants and trees |
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Observe seeds sprouting and watch them grow every day |
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Plants and trees |
Exploring and naming plants and trees |
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Give plants and trees names - so that they become unique individuals and the children feel a personal connection - they can even make name signs for their plants (e.g. Mark the Marrow or Grandfather Tree). |
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Plants and trees |
Exploring and naming plants and trees |
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Invent a ceremony for planting that welcomes the plant in its new home, thanks it and offers it love and reassurance that you will take care of it. Use songs, poems and/or dance in the ceremony. |
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Plants and trees |
Exploring and naming plants and trees |
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Grow a plant from a seed, or plant a tree |
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Plants and trees |
Exploring and naming plants and trees |
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Before touching a tree, close your Eyes and imagine love filling your Hands. Touch the tree with your loving Hands and try to listen to what the plant is telling through your Hands. Remember that trees don't have voices and ears but communicate through feelings. Can you feel the tree communicating? |
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Plants and trees |
Exploring and naming plants and trees |
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Recognise the different parts of a plant or tree: flowers, seeds, stem/trunk, leaf, roots. |
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Plants and trees |
Exploring and naming plants and trees |
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Write your name on a stick then put it in the garden near plants you have planted or want to take care of. Go and visit those plants regularly, creating a sense of personal responsibility and connection. |
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Plants and trees |
Exploring and naming plants and trees |
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Collect seeds, observe and identify them |
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Plants and trees |
Bushcraft |
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Tell stories about indigenous people and how they met all their needs from the local environment. |