LEARNING ACTIVITY PLAN

Name: Sheri Johnson Site: Imagination Station Child Care

Description of Activity:
Nature walk and collage
Type of Activity: Nature !ploration
Age group: " # $ yrs% old
Num&er in group: '
(pening )uestion*Invitation*+rop*,inger
+lay:
Show children items I have &rought in
from outside- rock. leaf. twig
Discuss what kinds of things they think
they will &e a&le to find outside
!plain we will &e taking the items we find
outside on our nature walk and gluing
them to a poster &oard to make a college%
Concepts / Skills:
Children will discover new things that
are in the outdoors
Children will estimate how many things
they will find on the nature walk
Children will predict what kind of things
they will find on the nature walk
Children will practice hand and eye
coordination%
)uestions to ask:
0hat things do you think we will find
outside on our nature walk1
Can anyone tell me how many things
they think they will find to put in their
&ag1
0hat is something you think you will
find outside1
+rocedure:
2ave the children line up to go outside
3ive each of the children a paper &ag
Tell the children we will &e going outside
to search for things that are in the nature
that will fit in our &ag like- flowers. grass.
leaves. rocks and small sticks%
4ring the children outside to collect
nature items
2ave the children put glue on their item
and place it somewhere on the poster
&oard%
2ave the children color around the item
on the &oard that they found
5aterials Needed:
Three paper &ags
+aper
3lue
5arkers
Crayons
+oster &oard
(utdoor space for e!ploring
+erformance Standards:
Approaches To Learning
A%6 Curiosity and +ersistence
7%8: Displays curiosity. risk#taking and
+otential 3uidance Techni9ues Needed:
Showing the children what I find on the
nature walk
Talking a&out all the many different
LEARNING ACTIVITY PLAN
willingness to engage in new e!periences things that nature has to offer us