07 Mar SEIN Enviromental workshop for teachers (Identifying Trees)

Identifying Trees
You will need:
Leaf cards copied from the sheet at the end of the booklet and laminated showing leaves found in the particular locality.
Playing the game:
1. Go through the cards with the children, naming the leaves and drawing attention to their different shapes.
2. Give a card to a pair of children and ask them to find the tree the leaf came from
3. Swap over cards so the children become familiar will each species.

Do they notice any other distinguishing features of the trees?
Once you have played this game a few times and the children are familiar with the names of the trees, without using the cards get pairs or small groups of children to lead the rest of the group to an example of one of the species they are familiar with. Get the group to decide if they have made a correct choice – this can always be checked with reference to the cards.