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Investigation – Explore Plants: Nature Explorers
Description
On a walk, narrate your own and children’s actions and observations and encourage children to use their senses:
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- Smelling flowers
- Watching animals
- Observing plants move in the wind
- Touching leaves, rocks, trees
- Listening to birds, wind, etc.
Interactive Lesson
Environment
Make sure to offer available items at children’s eye level and within reach.
Materials
- Use high contrast visuals to help children match objects in nature to visuals.
- Provide children with a visual schedule so they understand the expectations.
Instruction
- Give children a specific task to encourage participation. “Find a bird.”
- Model exploration.
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