Summary of the lesson on the ecological trail “Visiting the Trees”
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Competition “Pedagogical Find” » Lesson summary on the ecological trail “Visiting the Trees” MBDOU “Kindergarten No. 64”, teachers: Olga Nikolaevna Kruglova, Lyubov Nikolaevna Utusikova
Goal: to introduce children to the characteristics of different types of trees, the relationships of plants with the environment (water, sun - light, heat, soil, animals); to cultivate an emotionally positive, caring attitude towards plants, to teach them to see their beauty and uniqueness.
Materials and equipment. Prepare letters for children from the owner of the trail, Borovichka. Each letter is written on a piece of paper shaped like the leaves of the trees the children will visit. These letters are posted in advance (before the lesson - and the children should not know about them!) on the corresponding trees along the trail. Place watering cans or buckets of water and shovels near the trees. Hang bagels and sweets on the tree at the end of the path - Borovichka's surprise, a reward for the children for completing the task.
During the lesson, children will give gifts to the trees - prepare them together with the children. Each gift has a functional meaning: the child must be able to explain why and why he is presenting the tree with such a gift. Gift options: bird feeder that will save the tree from caterpillars; a drop of water (from paper) so that the tree can drink; the sun (drawing) to give warmth and color the leaves green; an earthworm, which processes fallen leaves, loosens the soil under the tree.
Progress of the lesson on the path
Educator: Guys! Today the owner of the path, the old man Borovichok, invited us to visit and prepared a surprise. This is the letter he recently sent:
Letter from the old man Borovichka: My dear little friends! I am very glad that you do not forget me and come to visit me and my trees. I, the owner of the magical path, invite you on a journey, at the end of which a surprise awaits you. And in order to get it, you need to guess my riddles-tasks and fulfill the requests of the trees. After all, the trees on my path are also special, magical. So I asked them to come up with tasks for you. You will find them in letters, and letters in trees: linden, birch, rowan. I heard that you have also prepared gifts for my trees, they are really looking forward to them. So, let's go! Wish you luck. And I will hide and watch you. If you do everything correctly, I will come out and talk with you. Your favorite old man, Borovichok
Educator (continues): Well, guys, let's go along the path? Who knows where our poplar grows? Let's look for a letter on its branches. (Children find a letter, the teacher takes it from the branch and reads it. As they read, the children complete the poplar tasks.)
Poplar letter. I, a big old poplar, am very happy about your arrival, because I love guests very much. Let's say hello: hug me tightly (children hold hands around the trunk). Look how big I am! Well, let's measure our strength: try to pull me out of the ground (the children are trying to do this). Which of us is stronger? I also have a powerhouse! Now answer my question: what holds me so firmly in the ground? (Children answer.) Why else do I need my roots and legs? (To take water from the ground, “food.”) If you answered correctly, please water me, I’m very thirsty. (Children fulfill the poplar’s request.) Thank you, guys, I feel so good now! Touch me with your hands, stroke my bark-skin with your hands and tell me how rough or smooth it is? Wet or dry? Warm or cool? What do I smell like? (Children fulfill these requests too.) Now stop and listen to how my leaves rustle - I’m talking to you. What did I just say? (Children express their guesses.) Why are my leaves moving? How many of you remember what wind is? What do my seeds look like? If you guys answered all my questions correctly, I will give you my leaves. (The teacher removes paper leaves from the tree and distributes them to the children - you cannot tear living leaves!)
Educator: Guys, you and I also prepared gifts for the poplar, let’s give them to him.
Children take turns giving gifts to the tree, explaining (in their own words) their meaning. For example:
- I give you a bird (paper figurine). She will be your friend and save you from the caterpillars,
- I give you the sun, it shines brightly, warms you, helps the leaves turn green,
- I give you a drop of water, let it drink and wash you,
- I give you an earthworm, let it make the earth fertile, and it will feed you,
- I give you green leaves, let you grow many, many of them, they will make noise, and I will come to listen to the noise and hide under them from the hot sun,
- I'm giving you a feeder. May many of your bird friends come to you,
- I give you earth-soil so that you can grow better, let it feed and water you,
“I give you a butterfly, let it rest on your leaves, let it decorate you with its bright outfit.”
After giving the gifts, the children go to look for the next tree - a birch.
Educator: Guys, let's say hello to the birch tree, she was also waiting for us, she had prepared a letter (the children hug the birch tree, and the teacher takes the letter from the branch and reads it).
Letter from the birch tree: Dear guys! Finally, you came to me, I was waiting for you, I was shaking the branches and rustling the leaves so that you could hear me. I will also give you my leaves, but first fulfill my wishes and tasks. Stroke my bark, smell it and tell me: how are the poplar and I similar, and how are we different? How did you know that the poplar and I are trees? Maybe we are blades of grass? Prove to me that I am a tree! (The children explain that a tree has one trunk, it is solid, and bushes have many trunks growing from the ground. Blades of grass do not have such large woody trunks as trees. And I also have a request to you guys. Very us, birch trees, we love to listen to poems about ourselves. Today is my birthday, please me! (Children read short poems. Thank you, guys, for everything! Take my leaves as a souvenir. Come to me again, don’t forget me! Your birch tree
The teacher helps the children get paper leaves from the tree, offers to water the birch tree, loosen the ground underneath it so that its roots can breathe better.
Children give their gifts to the birch and go to visit the next tree - the mountain ash. They find a letter on it, which the teacher reads out.
Rowan's letter: Hello guys! I am very pleased with your visit and also want to be petted. (Children comply with the request.) I like to be stroked, and I don’t like to be hit on the trunk with a stick or scratch the bark with a knife. I, too, get hurt and offended when people treat me badly. (Children examine the bark of the rowan tree, as well as the previous trees, and answer the teacher’s questions.) Look up at my leaves. How delicate and beautiful they are, you can even see the sky through them. Check where it is darker - under my leaves or under the poplar leaves? Why? What birds fly to me? Why do you think they love me? (Rowan berries are food for many birds.) Guys, have you tried my berries? I give them to everyone in the fall, making everyone happy. Do you know poems about me? (Children recite a poem about a rowan tree.) And I also have a request: try with a stick whether the ground is solid or not under me. (Children comply with the request; if the soil is hard, then water it.) And finally, my last question: Do you think the worms that crawl in the ground below me are my friends or enemies? (Children answer that earthworms eat old leaves, lumps of earth, the earth becomes better, which means they are friends.) Well, you guys are great! Take my leaf gifts and don’t forget about me. Your rowan.
Children give the remaining gifts to the rowan tree and remove paper leaves from the tree.
Educator: Guys, I think we have completed all the tasks, and Borovichok should be pleased with us. But where is he?
Borovichok appears from behind a tree and plays the game.
A game
Borovichok: Well, guys, you made the old man happy! I hear that the trees now rustle their leaves differently, they are in a festive mood. Do you think it's interesting to be trees? Want to try? Now I will turn you all into trees (makes a magic sign). Your skin turns into bark and your hands into branches. Raise your arms-branches, rustle, make noise with your leaves-fingers - do you hear what wind has blown? (Children follow Borovichka’s recommendations.) Spread your legs wider - these are your roots growing, they keep you in the ground, give you water and food. Oh, what wonderful trees have grown on my path! It’s even a pity to disenchant you. (Sighs.) But it’s time for you to become little people again (by a magical sign, children “turn” into people) and hit the road.
Borovichok: That’s where our journey today ends, guys. Did you like it? What did you like most? (Listens to the children’s answers.) And now - my surprise! What kind of trees do you think sweets and bagels grow on? There are such trees in my kingdom. Look for them, these magical fruits recently grew on one tree! I'll go and rest, goodbye!
Children look for a tree, then the teacher invites them to go to a group and draw a birch, linden, rowan tree (or their leaves, if desired).
During a drawing lesson, invite each child to draw the tree they like best and tell about it: what the bark smelled like, what the leaves rustled about, etc. In conclusion, organize an exhibition of drawings “Our new acquaintances are trees.”
