Our first rainy nature kindergarten day was successfully wet. After spending some extra time inside preparing our lockers for the upcoming influx of fall and winter gear, we read The Busy Tree by Jennifer Ward before heading out.
Though today was a tree review day, we couldn't help but enjoy a few puddles along the way to the trail Once on the trail, we trekked while reviewing our unit on trees,including tree parts, the tree life cycle, identifying different trees, and the forest ecosystem. Having already discovering the importance of trees for the wildlife in the area, today we zoomed in on the prevalence of trees in our own lives.
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| High fiving trees |
We started off looking at how we needed trees to do our work as students. Besides having a school built of lots of wood, we use pencils and paper everyday in our classroom. To thank the trees, we gave them a high five.
We then walked to the oak tree classroom area and learned about how we need trees to live. Besides using them for shelter and having them support the plants and wildlife we use as food, we talked about oxygen and carbon dioxide. We thanked out trees by talking to them.
We made a third stop in the hidden forest to talk about how as a nature kindergarten class, we needed the trees to play. In fact, we expressed our LOVE for the ability to play with our trees by giving them a big tree hug.
Of course, besides a good tree squeeze, we celebrated out love of trees by playing on them.
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| Playing until our boots fall off |
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