Create a beautiful natural garland of eucalyptus to hang through you home…
what you need…
- eucalyptus stems
- scissors
- florists wire
what to do…
- lay out your eucalyptus on the table and arrange the stems
- take the stems and lay out in a straight one after the other, head to toe
- take your florists wire and cut to size
- wrap around the wire to secure the garland
- go as long or short as you would like
into a little dream adventure…
- encourage your child to count how many stems of eucalyptus you have collected and how many you will use for the activity
- encourage your child to write down the number symbol from 1 to 10, ask your child to put the correct number of stems of eucalyptus above the chose number…an early example of quantity matching symbol in mathematics
- ask your child to draw their own impressions of a eucalyptus stem and maybe opting for a watercolour palette as a form of media to capture the gentleness of colour in this beautiful leaf. Looking closely at the shape of the leaf, and colour…
