Outdoor Scavenger Hunt
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Objectives
Children ages 5-6 can work in a group that is
goal-directed SE VI
ages 3-4 can answer who, what, and where questions Lang. IIIA
ages 2 can name objects Lang. IB
and they can match objects Cog. IIIA
Materials
A list or set of cards
showing items to be found written in pictures; e.g., one card might have 3
acorns drawn on it meaning, "Find 3 acorns;” a sack for each item.
Procedures
1. Arrange a field trip to the park or beach. Before leaving on
the trip, divide the children into teams of equal numbers. Give each team an
identical list of outdoor items to find on the field trip. Have one adult
accompany each team to facilitate the "hunt" and to extend the
language of the scavengers.
Sample List #1: For the beach: driftwood, shell, bottle cap, sand, green glass,
rock, seaweed.
Sample List #2: For the park: ant, clover, flower, leaf, ladybug, feather, and
stone.
2. At the end of the trip, have the children count number of items found and
match items to pictures, naming those items found and who found them, and where
they were found.
Extension: Make a collage of the found objects--either individual collages or
group collages. Please don't glue ladybugs to paper or plywood! Variations:
1. 1. With kids, draw
pictures of items to be found so groups can be more independent of the
teachers. Go over items before leaving.
Count the number of each item to be found.
2. 2. Give each child a
card showing one of the items to be found. Choose a task appropriate to the
child’s ability.
3. 3. Include tasks to
be accomplished (e.g., see a squirrel) as well as objects to be found and
collected.
Read Dear Dustman
(U.S. title is Dear Garbage Man) to the kids – by Gene Zion and Margaret
Bloy Graham. Dear Garbage Man is a Scholastic title. Questions or Comments about this Lesson Plan? Please write us here. (Be sure to mention the name of the Lesson Plan in your email Subject line.)
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