ONLINE TEACHER’s ENVIRO PACK WEEK 10 MODULE 2 - SUMMER WWW.KARMAKIDSGROW.COM.AU

Week 10 PRESERVING FLOWERs WWW.KARMAKIDSGROW.COM.AU COPYRIGHT 2015 KARMAKIDS GROW

WEEK 10 PRESERVING FLOWERS Key Learning Areas Counting & Numbers Learning How to Observe Preserving (why it is important to preserve our environment) Creativity, Design, Artwork & Nature Care For Our Environment (careful picking vs. over picking) Key Learning Areas Note: For a Sensory Garden – (5 senses) Sight, Touch WWW.KARMAKIDSGROW.COM.AU COPYRIGHT 2015 KARMAKIDS GROW

Things you will need for this activity WEEK 10 Things you will need for this activity Flowers or Herbs Card Garden Scissors Heavy Object/Books Pens/Crayons WWW.KARMAKIDSGROW.COM.AU COPYRIGHT 2015 KARMAKIDS GROW

FIND FLOWERS & HERBS IN THE GARDEN SUCH AS LAVENDAR OR CORNFLOWER STEP 1 FIND FLOWERS & HERBS IN THE GARDEN SUCH AS LAVENDAR OR CORNFLOWER WWW.KARMAKIDSGROW.COM.AU COPYRIGHT 2015 KARMAKIDS GROW

STEPS 2, 3 AND 4 STEP 4 Carefully close book Place a heavy object on top & leave to press STEP 2 Bring flowers to class Discuss the importance of not over picking in the garden Arrange flowers for pressing into small groups of 3 Practice counting to 3 STEP 3 Layout the groups of 3 flowers inside an exercise book in a style of how you would like them pressed Remove pressed flowers after a few days Create a Valentines Day card for parents with the flowers WWW.KARMAKIDSGROW.COM.AU COPYRIGHT 2015 KARMAKIDS GROW

STEP 5 Make artwork pictures with your pressed flowers Make cards for all different occasions using the preserving flower method Find out which flowers preserve the best Explore other ways of preserving- foods etc Look at why it is important to preserve our environment Show children how to observe changes in our environment, i.e. how our flowers changed from being alive to being pressed WWW.KARMAKIDSGROW.COM.AU COPYRIGHT 2015 KARMAKIDS GROW

See you next week and don’t forget to contact me if you have any questions. Angela x EMAIL: INFO@KARMAKIDSGROW.COM.AU