Classroom Programs for Kindergarten
A Tree’s Year
Follow a tree’s changes through the seasons. Meet the tree’s many friends and follow their changes, too.
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N Y: Standard 4: The Living Environment
5.2a Plants respond to changes in their environment. For example, the leaves of some green plants change position as the direction of light changes; the parts of some plants undergo seasonal changes that enable the plant to grow; seeds germinate, and leaves form and grow.
5.2f Some animal behaviors are influenced by environmental conditions. These behaviors may include: nest building, hibernating, hunting, migrating, and communicating.
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PA: B.3.1c.2 Identify characteristics for animal and human survival identified with seasonal changes
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PA: B.3.1c.3 Identify reason for observed changes
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PA: B.3.1c.4 Form clear explanations based on observation.
Walk a Trail
Our talented educators wrote their own book to be the springboard for this program that will have your students imagining they are walking a trail at Audubon.
- NY: Standard 4 – The Living Environment
6.1: Plants and animals depend on each other and their physical environment. An organisms pattern of behavior is related to the nature of that organisms environment, including . . . the physical characteristics of that environment. - PA: B.4.6.4.A. Understand that living things are dependent on non-living things in the environment for survival. Identify a simple ecosystem and it’s living and non-living components.
What is a Plant?
Through puzzles, books, and role-play, students learn the basic structure of a plant. They also learn that plants come in many shapes and sizes.
- NY: Standard 4: The Living Environment
1.1b Plants require air, water, nutrients, and light in order to live and thrive.
4.1b Each kind of plant goes through its own stages of growth and development that may include seed, young plant, and mature plant. - PA: B3.3.4 A.3 Describe the basic needs of plants and animals.
