During the morning forest play the children collected samples of leaves.
We spent some time examining the leaves while I recorded their observations.
I wrote the words leaf and leaves on the poster and discussed the difference. This is similar to foot and feet. Esme reiterated "It's like when you have one hand, you say hand, and when you have two you says hands."
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| Is this a stem or a vein? |
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| Here are my veins! |
The children came up with lots of adjectives as they examined the leaves. We talked about the difference between stems, sticks and leaf veins. People have veins to carry blood in our body and leaves have veins to carry water and nutrients. "I can see my veins!" Rielle and Grace noticed holes in some leaves and the children pondered what animals eat leaves. Everyone selected leaves to put into the leaf press. We'll preserve them for the "Leaves We Don't Eat" collection.
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| Animals eat leaves |
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| Illustrating our observations |
Why Do Trees and Plants Have Leaves?
(their beginning knowledge)
To keep them warm and safe from predators who want to eat them - Grace
To keep them nice and warm and protect them from enemies - Esme
Cherry trees need leaves to make cherries - Rylan
To protect the trees - Rielle
To bring water to the plant - Oliver
So snow has something to land on and can make them white - Sophie
During lunch Grace offered a connection "What if croissants were leaves and they grew on trees!"
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