Tree inquiry kindergarten

Find out how we used this inquiry question, Are trees alive? to learn about the difference between living and nonliving things. The discovery activities began with a children's book and led to using the science process skills of observation, inference, classification, and communication as we looked closely at the parts of a tree. Great activity and idea for preschool, kindergarten or first grade on Earth Day, Arbor Day, or with a tree unit. #inquirybasedlearning #trees #kindergarten…

359 Likes, 27 Comments - Rachel (",) (@stimulatinglearningwithrachel) on Instagram: “Invitation to create a tree with #sticks - inspired by Tap the Magic Tree 🌲”

Tap the magic tree inspired transient art

Inquiry is a huge focus in FDK and it aligns well with my view that we should learn the student's interests and differentiate instruction to engage the

Writing activity for kindergarten tree unit

AT HOME WITH THE REGGIO APPROACH SCHOOL GOES HOME by Preschools and Infant-toddler centres – Istituzione of the Municipality Reggio Emilia, and Reggio Children Trees have developed an intelligent way of living that means even though they always stand still they can feed, reproduce, communicate with each other, defend themselves, and even play together.At this very particular time in everyone’s life trees can teach us about the importance of being intelligent and having ways of doing things…

Project/Inquiry Based Learning has been a passion of mine ever since I discovered it about 5 years ago. Since then, I have stepped out of my comfort zone and transformed the way I teach from a typical Thematic Based style through baby steps taken each year and with the help of an amazing on-line community of teachers with the same passion (you all know who you are!). My first baby step was taking themes and science/social studies standards and making them more student lead and project based…

The Living Walls Project: Promoting student-centred learning, inquiry, action and reflection | SharingPYP Blog

Decorate a Tree Loose Parts Play for Kids-Toddler and Preschool Collaborative Pretend Play and Art Project for Tree Theme and Spring Activities #kidart #preschool #toddler #loosepartsplay

Did you know you can paint with leaves?! This is a great way to teach your little readers about chlorophyll!

Pattern making with natural materials

Autumn is in full glory here in New England and the trees seem ablaze. The colors are stunning and we never grow tired of stopping to appreciate the beauty of the season. It passes by all too qui…

We have some beautiful Ash trees on our playground that turn the most amazing colors in the Fall! The kids started noticing them and bringin...

Learning about trees? This tree unit study is designed to help elementary…

I am so pleased to share with you this video interview that I recently had with Natural Curiosity. Thank you to Nikki Fletcher and Andrea Cousineau for this incredible opportunity to reflect about my inquiry-based learning practices. This video was featured on the Natural Curiosity website of the Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study University of Toronto: www.naturalcuriosity.ca. I strongly encourage you to visit their site for more resources about environmental inquiry! Happy Earth Day…

We have been learning all about trees this week! We started off by reading a book about oak trees. Then the lion cubs made a simple chart showing the life cycle of oak trees. We learned about the parts of a tree and I created a pictorial input chart while teaching the students. Then they drew and labeled the parts of a tree in their science journals. Next, we unscrambled a sentence about an acorn which included "little" which is one of the high frequency words that we learned this week. You…