Collecting Leaves and Dichotomous Keys

by Deb on February 19, 2010

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@ConfidentWoman February 19, 2010 at 4:26 pm

Fabulous I have always loved leaves since my father showed me them as a kid, so good to introduce children to your science

Kristine February 19, 2010 at 5:16 pm

I did this once with 10 -12 year olds using shells. We thought it would be easy for them but even just generating their own categories (which were ‘opposite’ in nature) was new to them.

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miss carly February 19, 2010 at 9:34 pm

Oh my, this is fantastic! There are a number of different items you could do this with! Including buttons, shells, fabric cut-offs, paper and coins.

Lovely! I might have to use this whilst out on prac if i get the chance!

Amber February 20, 2010 at 2:07 pm

Thank you for putting this concept into a way I can do it with my 3 year old. I think she will love this “game” I’m interested to see the rules she comes up with! We might start with toys because there aren’t a whole lot of leaves around our house just now.

Annie February 23, 2010 at 6:03 am

Oh this sounds like a great activity – as you say with any objects we can find. My 3yo in particular loves sorting things and already comes up with really detailed descriptions of things, like ‘all the people who are boys and are wearing shoes’… So this would be a great way to help him develop that skill

Deb February 24, 2010 at 10:00 am: Absolutely. I love the idea of buttons, because I’m a sewer. And we are going to do the soft toys on the next rainy day!