Nature Scavenger Hunt

To finish off our theme on seeds, flowers and leaves, we went on a "Nature Scavenger Hunt". Using a print-out of the photos above, the children searched the playground to find the different things.  Not only did it get them using their new vocabulary spontaneously, it also encouraged them to take a closer look at the plants and insects which share the space where they play each day.

I did this activity after a guessing game which was played at circle time.  The children had to guess how many bugs I had put in a bottle.  After passing the bugs around the circle, we read the story of the week "How Many Bugs In The Box".