Common Plants & Trees
Identify and name common wild and garden plants, including deciduous and evergreen trees
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“If you point to a tree in the park, can your child tell you what kind it is and whether it keeps its leaves in winter?”
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- Activity. Identify and name common wild and garden plants, including deciduous and evergreen trees
What to notice. Name at least five common wild or garden plants from direct observation • Sort trees into deciduous (loses leaves) and evergreen (keeps leaves) with examples • Match a plant to its name when shown a picture or real specimen
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If you point to a tree in the park, can your child tell you what kind it is and whether it keeps its leaves in winter?
Identify and name common wild and garden plants, including deciduous and evergreen trees
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- Name at least five common wild or garden plants from direct observation
- Sort trees into deciduous (loses leaves) and evergreen (keeps leaves) with examples
- Match a plant to its name when shown a picture or real specimen
“If you point to a tree in the park, can your child tell you what kind it is and whether it keeps its leaves in winter?”
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- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- Organisms & Life Processes
- Age range
- Ages 5–6
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