How would you show me what is around you?

Materials:

• Outdoor space (garden, yard, school patio, etc.)

• Clipboards or cardboard with paper

• Crayons or colored pencils

• Baskets or bags for collecting natural materials (optional).

Instructions:

1. Go on a nature walk and explore natural elements through touch and observation

2. Ask open-ended questions about colors, textures, shapes, and how things feel

3. Invite children to draw or describe what they saw and share with peers

Powerful InterACTions - PK3:

• What do you see around you?

• Can you touch it? How does it feel?

• What shape is that leaf/rock/cloud?

• Can you find another one like it?

• How can you show me that in a drawing?

Powerful InterACTions - PK4:

• Why do you think the tree feels rough and the flower feels soft?

• How are these two leaves the same or different?

• What do you think might live under that rock or tree?

• How could we sort the things we found (by shape, size, texture, or color)?

• Can you explain more? 

• What makes you think that?