Teachers Resources - Years 1 to 4 Pre Readers
| Home Sweet Home | Before the activity is introduced have the children discuss trees as homes for animals |
| Plant Puzzle | Have the children use their senses of sight, touch and smell to examine and discuss the major parts of plants |
| Growing Up | Before introducing the activity, germinate seeds on cotton wool for children to observe growth |
| Plants are Different | Take children for a nature walk to observe similarities and differences between trees |
| Food from Plants | Introduce the concept of food from trees and how we depend on trees for these many fruits |

Activities
Trees give us ...
Word and colouring activity
What a plant needs
Word and colouring activity
Trees give us shelter
Word, tracing and colouring activity
Fact Sheets
Sir Joseph Banks
The Discovery of Australian Plants
From Seed to Tree
Collecting seed from Native Plants
The importance of trees for Shade and Shelter in Urban and Country environments