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| Tree Journal |
| Store all your tree facts and figures in these fun paper bag journals. This is a great way to let children get creative with their learning. |
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| Materials: 3 Paper lunch sacks Construction Paper Yarn or String Hole Puncher Glue Stick Pen & Pencil |
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| When children learn about trees you can incorporate seasonal themes as well as nature themes. |
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| Step 1 Line your paper sacks up, alternating which side the folded bottom is on. (see photo below) Stack them and fold them in half, creasing in the center. |
Step 2
in four holes along the center line. Use a piece of yarn or string to tie the pages together. |
- For younger children, you'll want
to prepare the journal cut outs
ahead of time for them.
- What are the two types of trees?
- Why do some trees loose their
leaves? - What are the rings of a tree?
- How do roots help a tree? How
can we be rooted in Christ.
(Parable of the sower)
| Step 3 (Optional) If you like you can cut out the different shapes and papers you'll use in your journal beforehand. (I did this for my children because I wanted them to focus on the writing aspect of the journal) But if you have older children, they can certainly plan out their pages in advance. |
| Step 4 Design a cover for your journal. We used some fun scissors to make patterned edges on the construction paper. Title your journal and add some artwork. |
| Cut Out Decide on a color you'd like for the cover of your nature journal. Use fun scissors or even carefully tear the edges for a fun look. (wet the edges with a paint brush before tearing) |
Step 5: Roots
first page was about them. On one side is an illustration of the roots of a tree, and on the other is some information we learned about them. |
| Cut Out Cut out a small rectangle you can use for writing information. Then using dark construction paper cut out some wiggly roots. |
| Step 6: Growth Rings On the left we added in some growth rings, some were thicker to show a year with rain, and some were smaller to show a year of drought. Then we wrote information about the growth rings on the right. |
| Cut Out If you learned about bark and growth rings, cut out a circle from brown, and a smaller circle from tan. Then cut out a square for writing information about what you learned. |
| Step 7: Conifers After we learned about Conifers we made a page all about them, with their types of seeds, and leaves. Then we listed different types of conifer trees as well. |
| Cut Out Use green and brown to cut our some tree shapes. Try to remember what kinds of leaves (needles) and seeds (cones) to put on your conifer tree. Cut out another space for writing. |
| Step 8: Broad-Leaf After we learned about Broad-leafed trees we made a page all about them as well, with their types of seeds, and leaves. Then we listed different types of broad-leafed trees as well. |
| Cut Out Think of what makes a broad-leafed tree unique? Cut out the tree shapes, and some fall colored leaves to remind you of this special season. A square for writing too! |
| Step 9: My Backyard And of course, we just had to do a little meandering around our yard in search of the different kinds of trees we just learned about. We worked on a "tally" system for counting up the trees and drew a picture of the yard. |
| Cut Out Using blue and green, make a backyard scene. Cut out a Blue background for the sky, and a small green rectangle for the grass below. |
| Step 10: Collection Because we used paper bags for our journals, there are various places that have little pockets to store things. So we put those to good use by picking up some leaves and seeds we found along the way. |