Tree study

Now that we have looked at forest artistically (see previous post ) I thought it was time to delve in and learn some facts. I had "A" start...

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…

As the tree grows it starts the appearance of rings inside the trunk. Counting the rings of a tree gives a fairly accurate measure of a tree’s age. The growth rings show how the weather has changed and affected the tree’s quality of life over the years. The wider the rings the more growth of the tree and the closer it is to ideal weather conditions. The narrow the rings will indicate less growth due to cold weather or drought conditions. The oldest layer of growth is in the center; the…

The science center in my classroom is always a busy place. Students can observe, experiment, create, construct, classify, compare and question. Students are natural-born scientists. They are curious and eager to explore the world and everything in it! As teachers, it is our job to nurture their scientific spirit and help students form questions, investigations, collect data and share their conclusions. Make your science center amazing to enhance their experiences! Plus, I have a few freebies…

Kindergarten Leaf Unit Study During our leaf unit study for My Father's World Kindergarten I set up a simple science demonstration to teach J-Bug how a leaf gets water. We did this same demo back w

Learning about trees was a fun activity for my first grade students this week! We learned about the importance of trees on our environment and all the things that we get from trees.

Paula's Preschool and Kindergarten is a blog about learning and teaching with young children.

Learning about trees was a fun activity for my first grade students this week! We learned about the importance of trees on our environment and all the things that we get from trees.

I've been wanting to do this post for awhile, since so many of you ask me about how to organize materials - both behind-the-scenes and in your classrooms. I'm going to share some of my favorite ways of organizing and storing materials, and hopefully you'll come away with some new ideas (and of course, share your own!)

Making your own nature paint brushes is easy, fun and free! It will get you and…