Six replicards are photocopied to produce worksheets for an extension exercise using our set Plants We Eat (PK9). Children color and label the worksheets, which illustrate three plant examples for each of the following groups: roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits, and seeds. The Plants We Eat booklets serve as controls .
After worksheets (8½” x 11”) are colored and labeled, they can be cut apart, stapled together, and made into six take-home booklets. These booklets may generate lively family dinner-table discussions: ”A potato is a what?”
This set introduces simple vocabulary to describe the physical features of 40 North American tree, garden, and houseplant leaves.
First - The child sorts 9 leaf characteristics cards (3" x 4") onto 3 control cards (10-3/8" x 5-1/4") that identify characteristics of Leaf Types, Leaf Veins, and Leaf Margins.
Second - After learning the 9 characteristics of leaves, it is time to describe the 3 characteristics of just one leaf. A leaf card is selected from the 40 leaf cards provided (3" x 4"). The child selects the 3 characteristics cards (type, venation, margin) that describe that leaf, and places them on the blank Leaf Identification card (10-3/8" x 5-1/4"). Real leaves can be used in this exercise as well. Background information is included for the teacher.
