No.31
Nature Connections
Japanese name: 自然のつながり探し
Materials
- Drawing paper
- Writing tools
- Safe collectable fallen leaves or similar objects; photographs or drawings may replace them
How to play
- An adult explains the activity boundary and meeting time. Each group chooses one natural object to start with.
- Find another object with something in common, such as both being round or both being nuts. Be able to explain the connection.
- Find a third object connected to the second. Vary the reasons, considering shape, color or texture rather than repeating one reason.
- Regroup after about 10 minutes. Draw or write the objects on paper and describe the shared feature between each pair.
- Each group presents its chain. Finish by sharing unexpected ways of seeing things rather than only comparing chain lengths.
Ways to adapt
Younger primary school children: connect 3 objects. Older primary school children: connect at least 5 objects without repeating a reason.