Tree provocations preschool

Excercise those fine motor muscles and engaging in a fun collaborative art project for toddlers and preschoolers with this Decorate a Tree Loose Parts Play.

A Montessori inspired botany tree exploration unit, with 10 kid friendly educational activities for the 12 Months of Montessori Learning series.

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…

Collect branches, or just one branch, from outside and use tempera paints for a collaborative art experience for kids.

Tree Bark Investigation- This was a simple invitation to investigate the anatomy of tree bark. We recorded our findings and discoveries. This activity...

This week started out with another cool box creation! My neighbors brought me another box, and the cardboard corner pieces begged to become a ball track. We rolled ping pong balls (yes, I rolled some too,) whenever the box was available. I finally retired the bean box midweek, when all the beans were spread all over the floor. Twenty-one ping pong balls are easier to pick up than 3000 beans! One of the things I wanted to include this week was more science. We started learning about trees by…

Make an Autumn themed sensory writing tay for mark making, letter formation and learning sight words! A fun fall themed literacy activity for preschoolers