Plants: Leaves We Do Eat!

During Formative Week while sharing their prior knowledge of plants the children independently made plans to create two collections: Leaves We Don't Eat and Leaves We Do Eat.

Last week they investigated leaves we don't eat and preserved some in a leaf press. Today we examined several leaves we can eat: iceberg lettuce, arugula, cabbage, spinach, celery leaf, bok choy, endive, romaine and the children compared them to leaves we don't eat while I recorded their thoughts on a Venn Diagram. Then they chose some to preserve in a second leaf press.

Everyone helped to make a salad and agreed on Italian dressing to toss it with. Seconds were had by all except Esme. She didn't like salad at the beginning of this activity and after trying a leaf decided she still doesn't like salad.

The children tried paint to illustrate leaves.