Go outside with a grown-up and choose one shrub or small tree to watch for five minutes. Bring paper and a pencil. Look at leaf edges, branch tips, curled leaves, and little spaces where an insect or spider might hide.
Draw the plant. Add one leaf where Natalie could look for food, one branch where she could perch, and one safe place where a nest might blend in. Do not pull apart spiderwebs or chase birds through the branches.
Think About It: Which part of the plant looked most likely to hide a tiny insect?
Grandma’s reminder:
“Natalie is not running late. She is simply checking every leaf before she leaves.”
This is what the printed page will look like.
Name:
Natalie’s Leaf-by-Leaf Search
Go outside with a grown-up and choose one shrub or small tree to watch for five minutes. Bring paper and a pencil. Look at leaf edges, branch tips, curled leaves, and little spaces where an insect or spider might hide.
Draw the plant. Add one leaf where Natalie could look for food, one branch where she could perch, and one safe place where a nest might blend in. Do not pull apart spiderwebs or chase birds through the branches.
Think About It: Which part of the plant looked most likely to hide a tiny insect?
Grandma’s reminder:
“Natalie is not running late. She is simply checking every leaf before she leaves.”
☐ Go outside with a grown-up and choose one shrub or small tree to watch for five minutes. Bring paper and a pencil. Look at leaf edges, branch tips, curled leaves, and little spaces where an insect or spider might hide.
☐ Draw the plant. Add one leaf where Natalie could look for food, one branch where she could perch, and one safe place where a nest might blend in. Do not pull apart spiderwebs or chase birds through the branches.
☐ Think About It: Which part of the plant looked most likely to hide a tiny insect?
☐ Grandma’s reminder:
☐ “Natalie is not running late. She is simply checking every leaf before she leaves.”
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