Activities
- Go out and gather leaves from your yard or a nearby park. Using
the Internet or a book from the library on trees look up and
identify what kind of trees the leaves came from. Are they
coniferous or deciduous? Try these website for starters. Also
there are several state specific sites on identifying trees. Just use
your favorite search engine.
http://www.oplin.org/tree/
http://www.fw.vt.edu/dendro/forsite/key/intro.htm
http://oregonstate.edu/trees/ - Plan a scavenger hunt to see how many things each child can find
in your home that’s made of wood. Have a discussion on how
things are made from wood and the different processes that wood
goes through before it ends up in your home, i.e., trees have to be
harvested, then sawn up into useful pieces, then shaped into
objects, finished, and finally made available for purchase.