Overall Purpose: To become familiar with the trees that grow all around us. Also this is a great way to work on fine motor skills and coordination.
Theme: Trees
LESSON
Learning Standard(s):
RI.PK. 7. With prompting and support, describe important details from an illustration or photograph.
RI.PK.10. Listen actively as an individual and as a member of a group to a variety of age-appropriate informational texts read aloud.
W.PK.2. Use a combination of dictating and drawing to supply information about a topic.
Behavioral Objectives/Learning Outcomes:
I would like the children to become more aware of the different types of trees in nature. Talking about the similarities and differences between the trees they find while on a nature walk as well as when they are done with their rubbings.
This is also a great way to work on pincer grasp and other fine motor skills.
Motivational Techniques: (What will you use to pair with lesson (i.e. a book, song, video etc)
https://youtu.be/AOXLOUszY2o - short video about trees
https://youtu.be/JBZUKKGEeNw - We Love Trees read aloud
https://youtu.be/7mt79JW9u18 - A song about trees
https://youtu.be/nO67Jd_6KEw - tree identifying video
Procedures: (Step by Step how to do the activity)
Go on a nature walk and look for different types of trees.
Help your child hold the paper up to the tree trunk and rub the crayon over the paper.
Continue to do this with different trees either on the same paper to make a collage or different papers.
Ask your child what color they are going to use for each rubbing.
Materials:
-Paper
-crayons with the paper peeled off
Wrap-up:
Can you identify any of the trees you discovered on your walk?
Talk about what you saw and how each rubbing looks the same and different.
Assessment:
Modifications:
If you are having a hard time holding the paper on the tree you can try using tape and taping all the sides of the paper.
If you can't get outside you can always bring in pieces of bark or leaves and do this project inside.
Helpful Hints:
The paper may rip. You might want to use thicker paper or make sure to go slow and not apply too much pressure to the crayon.
Theme: Trees
LESSON
Learning Standard(s):
RI.PK. 7. With prompting and support, describe important details from an illustration or photograph.
RI.PK.10. Listen actively as an individual and as a member of a group to a variety of age-appropriate informational texts read aloud.
W.PK.2. Use a combination of dictating and drawing to supply information about a topic.
Behavioral Objectives/Learning Outcomes:
I would like the children to become more aware of the different types of trees in nature. Talking about the similarities and differences between the trees they find while on a nature walk as well as when they are done with their rubbings.
This is also a great way to work on pincer grasp and other fine motor skills.
Motivational Techniques: (What will you use to pair with lesson (i.e. a book, song, video etc)
https://youtu.be/AOXLOUszY2o - short video about trees
https://youtu.be/JBZUKKGEeNw - We Love Trees read aloud
https://youtu.be/7mt79JW9u18 - A song about trees
https://youtu.be/nO67Jd_6KEw - tree identifying video
Procedures: (Step by Step how to do the activity)
Go on a nature walk and look for different types of trees.
Help your child hold the paper up to the tree trunk and rub the crayon over the paper.
Continue to do this with different trees either on the same paper to make a collage or different papers.
Ask your child what color they are going to use for each rubbing.
Materials:
-Paper
-crayons with the paper peeled off
Wrap-up:
Can you identify any of the trees you discovered on your walk?
Talk about what you saw and how each rubbing looks the same and different.
Assessment:
- experiment with a single material/medium on multiple surfaces, try many materials on the same surface to discover the different ways materials can be used to produce a variety of effects, the advantages or disadvantages of each for specific purposes, and revisit materials to build on past experiences.
Modifications:
If you are having a hard time holding the paper on the tree you can try using tape and taping all the sides of the paper.
If you can't get outside you can always bring in pieces of bark or leaves and do this project inside.
Helpful Hints:
The paper may rip. You might want to use thicker paper or make sure to go slow and not apply too much pressure to the crayon.
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