1st grade

The Story of an Oak Tree

Activities:

• Sequence the key stages in a tree’s life
• Assemble a tree puzzle from trunk and branch pieces
• Compare trees and bushes using real photographs
• Match bark textures and identify different leaf shapes
• Explore how trees function as multi-level homes for animals
• Spot misplaced species in a detailed tree habitat illustration
• Draw their own tree and imagine the creatures that visit it

Fruits and Vegetables
Activities:

• Finding plants in the garden where vegetables grow
• Identifying pieces of vegetables and fruits by taste
• Matching whole and cut fruits
• Exploring the world map - where are the origins of vegetables and fruits?
• Funny vegetables and fruits - what or who do they look like?
• Creating a vegetable portrait

• Arrange family photos from youngest to oldest
• Follow a person’s life story through portraits from childhood to older adulthood
• Compare babies and adults using facial proportions and body features
• Identify young and adult animals in a playful “animal daycare” scene
• Recognize parent-child similarities in a family party challenge
• Sort meaningful objects as family keepsakes and time-capsule treasures

• Identify what the artist mixed up in a quirky picture
• Analyze a fantastical "wonder-beast" combining fins, wings, and a comb — whose parts are these?
• Transform animals step-by-step (lion to tiger, tiger to horse, horse to sheep)
• Listen to a story and spot what’s wrong with it
• Create their own fairy tale using the method of agglutination