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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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Notice or feel some functions of trees : shade, shelter, habitat, fruit, timber |
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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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Collect seeds, observe and identify them |
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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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Climb a tree without harming it |
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Plants and trees |
Exploring and naming plants and trees |
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Listen to the voice of the wind through the leaves of trees and then make a musical instrument that makes a similar sound. |
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Plants and trees |
Exploring and naming plants and trees |
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Play with different types of seeds e.g. blow seed puffs, and play with burrs sticking in clothes |
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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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Take care of a plant - e.g. a tree you have planted, by asking the children questions to help them connect to the plant's needs "Look at the plant, I wonder why it's leaves are drooping down. What can we do to make it feel better?" |
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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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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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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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Identify edible plants growing locally. |
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Plants and trees |
Exploring and naming plants and trees |
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Talk about what plants need (water, sun, air and soil) to grow. |
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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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Soil and stone |
Experiencing different landscapes (beaches, hills, forests, fields). |
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Experience different landscapes - such as plains, hills, valleys, rivers, lakes, sea. |
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Soil and stone |
Experiencing different landscapes (beaches, hills, forests, fields). |
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Play in different landscapes - beach, rivers, woodlands etc. |
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Soil and stone |
Experiencing different landscapes (beaches, hills, forests, fields). |
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Show appreciation and sing thanks to the landscapes for letting them play there. |
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Soil and stone |
Experiencing different landscapes (beaches, hills, forests, fields). |
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Learn different vocabulary, e.g. clay, soil, sand, humus, stone, fossil, river, hill, mountain, valley. |
