April is a great time to focus on Arbor Day along with Earth Day. National Arbor Day is the last Friday in April, although many states observe Arbor Day on different dates according to their state’s best tree-planting time. You can find a map of Arbor Day dates across America (and around the world) from the Arbor Day Foundation.
Spring is perfect for botany studies in general, and a tree unit study would fit in perfectly with both Earth Day and Arbor Day.
Montessori-Inspired Arbor Day Printables
Tree Identification Cards (and more tree printables) available for purchase from Montessori Print Shop
Tree materials available for purchase from Montessori for Everyone
Free Montessori Botany Materials for a Gardening Unit (my post with a number of links to free leaf printables)
Montessori-Inspired Arbor Day Activities
Free Tree Printables and Montessori-Inspired Tree Activities
Free Seasons of an Apple Tree Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
Free Tree Songs and Educational Videos {Learn about Trees, Apple Trees, and Seasons}
Thank You for Planet Earth (or Thank You, Planet Earth) Mindfulness Cards and Booklet
Free Tree Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
Free Evergreen Tree Printables and Montessori-Inspired Evergreen Tree Activities
Favorite Books for an Evergreen Tree Theme
Free Evergreen Tree Songs and Educational Videos
Count the Trees Activity (in my Montessori-Inspired Earth Day Activities post at PreK + K Sharing)
Montessori-Inspired Lorax Activities
Montessori Vowel Tree from Montessori MOMents (Montessori MOMents blog is no longer available)
Montessori-Inspired Autumn Leaf Unit (my round-up post with a number of activities that would be appropriate for any tree unit study)
Botany 1 – Montessori Botany Cabinet Work (photo), Botany 2 – Montessori Leaf Cabinet Work, and Our Back Yard Nature Identification Guide Books from Making Montessori Ours
Botany Study at Co-op from Montessori Trails – Our Montessori Path through Life
Tree, Trees, and More Trees from Discovery Moments
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Shaunna says
What a great collection of ideas! I’ve pinned to my Letter T board to go along with all of the T is for Trees activities. Thanks for sharing!
Deb says
Thanks, Shaunna! I really appreciate your pinning my post! 🙂
Cherine says
This is such a great variety of activities. I love the identification cards:) Thank you for including us!!!
Deb says
Thanks, Cherine! It was my pleasure … your activities are awesome! 🙂
sharon duarte says
My post on Arbor Day. Thanks so much for your input too.http://www.montessoricircle.com/april-things-to-do/
Deb says
Thanks, Sharon … that’s a great post! Did you notice that I had your link in my article? 🙂
Claire says
It’s my first time linking. Thanks so much for hosting!
Deb says
Thanks, Claire! I’m glad you linked up! 🙂
Jill says
This is a great round-up of activities! The vowel tree is so creative. I can’t say that I have seen that anywhere before. Pinning away 🙂 Thank you for linking up this week to our Hearts for Home Blog Hop!
Deb says
Thanks so much, Jill! I love the vowel tree, too. 🙂
Carrie says
Oh, what a wonderful tie in with Earth Day and Arbor Day. Great round-up as usual. Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!!
Rebecca English says
So many great activities here.
I’ve included this in my Sunday Showcase features: http://www.herecomethegirlsblog.com/2013/05/04/the-sunday-showcase-plants-and-trees.html
Jessica says
I skimmed this post when you first put it up but only today finally got to truly read it… Thank you for linking to Montessori Trails (botany in our co-op) – I have several more botany posts up with a few more going up this week as well. Lots of herbs happening these days 🙂
Katie Chiavarone says
Love this post! Thank you so much for the inspiration. I have added a link to this in my blog post discussing the Arbor Day activities I did with my kids. Love what you do!