Our Forest - Forest, trees and silence

CHILDREN AGE: 5-6 years

OBJECTIVES: The child can move silently and notice the nature around them. The child knows why you can't pick the plants beside the trail. The child makes co-operation with group members and listens the group leader. The child looks, compares, touches and feels trees. The child takes some nature materials with them.

TOOLS: big pictures from different trees. Our senses: vision, listening, smell, touch, feel, perceive.

PREPARATION: in the morning meeting they make groups and pick the group leader. The groups picks one tree and describes it. Before the hike to the forest we eat something healthy.

ACTIVITY: When we arrived to the forest the children understood that if they move silently they can see and hear more of the forest life! We noticed blackbird who went on with its activities. The children noticed familiar and unfamiliar plants. We listened for the bird song and tried to figure out what the ants are doing now. 

We also run into other group of children. But they did not see us until we were very close to them. And that was because we moved very silently!

The unpleasant thing was that the forest was full on dog feces. And you had to walk very carefully.

Listen, which animal passes by

Act like animal and hide your food!

Feel the silence and listen forest sounds.