Tree Unit Study Ideas

I feel like fall is the perfect time to learn about tress because they’re doing some really dramatic things this time of year (and going on a leaf hunt is always a good idea once the weather starts to cool down a little bit). But you can do different tree learning activities throughout the year regardless of the season. Let’s take a look at some great tree unit study ideas.

You can start out by learning the parts of the tree with this printable from NurtureStore. Use the drawing of a tree to label the parts, then look at a real tree and see what parts you can identify or gather for a nature table in the classroom.

Homeschool Helper Online has free printable journaling pages with trees through the year so kids can color in the leaves a little buds in spring, full green leaves in summer and changing colors in the fall. There are both deciduous and evergreen trees included so you can talk about the differences (free download with email signup).

Homeschool Share has a great printable unit study and lapbook about trees and the animals that live in them. This one is also free with email signup and includes tree trivia, vocabulary, the life cycle of an oak, parts of a trunk and much more.

Another great free download comes from Homeschool Giveaways, which has a leaf and tree unit study. This one gets into things like seeds and how they are dispersed, parts of a plant, photosynthesis, parts of a leaf, flower and fruit, layers of soil, places where different plants live and more. So it’s not specifically about trees entirely but still a great resource for talking about plants of all kinds. They also have a leaf vocabulary workbook if you really want to get into it.

Superstar Worksheets has some nice leaf printable worksheets including parts of a leaf and leaf coloring pages. And Happy Homeschool Adventures has ideas for a Montessori inspired tree unit study, as well as printable leaf three-part cards.

If you’re able to pay for resources, I like this tree unit study from Early Childhood Adventures at Teachers Pay Teachers, and this lovely unit study on deciduous trees from Fun Mom Printables on Etsy. There’s also this great Charlotte Mason inspired printables set from RikiTikiArt.

And of course you’ll want to identify the trees where you live, and maybe even find your state tree if you live in the United States. And check out more leaf learning activities, as well as activities around leaves that don’t use real leaves. And don’t forget some leaf crafts, too!

I did a post earlier this year with activities and ideas for teaching the alphabet, but a lot or learning letters and recognizing them just has to do with seeing them and working with them a lot.

That means coloring, tracing, identifying things that start with different letters and more.

One way to reinforce the letters is through little activity books like these cute printable alphabet books from Life Over Cs.

These are available for free when you subscribe to her newsletter, and I’d say that’s well worth it if you have a little one (or a group of little ones!) working on the alphabet and letter recognition.

Each mini book includes a collection of things that start with that letter to color, color and read with words that start with the letter, tracing the letter, finding the letter in a grid and other coloring pages with objects that start with that letter.

These little books are super useful reinforcing the different letters and giving kids different activities related to the letters.

If you do a letter of the day or letter of the week you can use a new book for each one, and then keep the copies in your reading center or in a basket where kids can look at them again.

And of course you can add in all the other letter activities you like, go on a scavenger hunt for items that start with that letter, read alphabet books, practice writing letters in rice or with pompoms or playdough or whatever sensory activities you like.

You can grab the free printables when you enter you email address at Life Over Cs, and check out her other great alphabet resources and activities while you are over there.

Do you have favorite activities for teaching letters to kids? I’d love to hear about them!

[Photo: Life Over Cs]

Have you read?

Leave a Reply