Showing posts with label Lorianne's Garden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lorianne's Garden. Show all posts

Thursday, October 11, 2018

Kindergarten Scientists!

Kindergarteners are using their built in science tool kit (their five senses) to discover what is living and non-living.  They are also recording and sharing their observations with their classmates.

We did a classroom scavenger hunt for living and non-living objects.  There were so many of both!  There are lots of living critters in the science room!

Sharing what they found in the classroom with each other.


Holly the Russian tortoise was very popular for
something living!

Look at what I found!

What about a pencil?

Adding color to your drawings is adding detail!


Scientists share information with one another.

Next we went outside to Lorianne's garden inside the Pre-K school yard.  It's a special garden that we explored looking for living and non-living objects.  So many different types of plants: trees, bushes, flowers and grass.  We also saw animals: birds, ants, bees and a butterfly or two.  We found lots of non-living things too! We saw benches, signs, bird feeders, rocks, a bead, a fence and wheelbarrow!  We weren't sure about sticks and leaves on the ground.

Look at the bee!


The bark of the tree is so rough and we found ants on it!

What about the wood chips? Are they living or
non-living?

The bird bath is non-living!
The bench is non-living!


It's always special to be able to explore Lorianne's garden.

Wednesday, November 9, 2016

Kindergarten Goes Outside!

We have been learning how the different parts of the tree helps it grow and survive!  Now it's time to go to Lorianne's Garden in the Pre-K school yard and look closely at a lovely cherry tree.  What critters will we find living on the tree? What do they leaves look like?  What will it look like the next time we go out and visit the tree?


When we looked closely at the tree, we found ants!


Anything on the sign?

What are those bumps on the bark?

Last week, most of the leaves were green!



I found evidence of something eating the leaf!


The bark is smooth and rough!



Are there worms at the roots?


An ant!


Looking for critters!

A baby millipede.



Worms!







Something ate this leaf!



The bark is so rough and bumpy.


A soft, smooth, yellow fall leaf!

The leaves have yellow and orange in them now and are starting to fall off the tree!


Saturday, October 17, 2015

Kindergarten Goes Out to Look at Trees!

Kindergarten went to Lorianne's Garden this week to take a closer look at the parts of a tree!

 We looked at every part of the tree to see what we could find!
We found strange "tendrils" growing on the branches.

We found ants!








Some of the leaves have started to change.

We looked for roots!




We wondered what the soft brown spots are.

We even found a baby tree growing -
a sapling!






We can't wait to see how the tree changes when we come back to visit next month!