Discover the Magic of Trees | Nature Study for Kids

Описание: 🌳 Tree Unit Study for Kids | Experiments, Nature Learning & Book Recommendations
Welcome to our tree unit study — a hands-on, book-rich adventure through the forest, filled with experiments, discoveries, flops, and fungi! 🌿✨

In this video, we explore the magic of trees through fun science activities, a beautiful collection of children’s books, and a few unexpected surprises (yes, a stinkhorn mushroom made a dramatic entrance 🫢🍄). Whether you're a homeschooling family or just a nature-loving bookworm, this unit will spark curiosity and joy!

🧪 Experiments & Nature Activities
(Timestamps below!)

Photosynthesis with spinach + baking soda
Microscope exploration of red onion skin cells
Eggshell flower sprouts
Propagating plant cuttings in water
Mason jar herb garden (total flop — garlic was the real winner)
Bean light experiment gone hilariously wrong
Fungi web discovery right after reading about it in a book
📚 Featured Tree Books
(We share them all in the video! and for printouts see my blog: https://www.hyggeandhomeschool.com/un... )

Core Spine Books:

Can You Hear the Trees Talking? – Peter Wohlleben
The Hidden Life of Trees – Peter Wohlleben
Big Tree – Brian Selznick
Trees, Leaves, Flowers and Seeds (DK Visual Encyclopedia)

Books We Used:

From Seed to Plant – Gail Gibbons
Because of an Acorn – Lola & Adam Schaefer
Hidden World: Forest – Libby Walden
A Year Around the Great Oak – Gerda Muller
Children of the Forest – Elsa Beskow
A Seed Is Sleepy – Sylvia Long
Lost in the Woods – Carl R. Sams & Jean Stoick
Animals in the Forest – John Wood
Explorers: Rainforest – Anita Ganeri
We Are Fungi – Christine Nishiyama
Humongous Fungus – DK
Tree Beings – Raymond Huber
The Secret Life of Trees – Moira Butterfield
The Magic and Mystery of Trees – Jen Green

More Beautiful Tree Books We Love (but didn’t use this time):

A Leaf Can Be... – Laura Purdie Salas
One Leaf Rides the Wind – Celeste Mannis
Tall Tall Tree – Anthony D. Fredericks
The Tree Lady – H. Joseph Hopkins
Sequoia – Tony Johnston
Under the Bodhi Tree – Deborah Hopkinson
Trees, Leaves & Bark – Diane Burns
The Busy Tree – Jennifer Ward
Watercolor in Nature – Rosalie Haizlett
From Seed to Plant Workbook – Gail Gibbons
Botanicum Activity Book
One Small Square: Woods – Donald M. Silver
How Do Apples Grow? – Betsy Maestro
Wangari Maathai – Franck Prévot
Sounds of Nature: World of Forests – Robert Frank Hunter
Native Plant Stories – Joseph Bruchac
How Flowers Grow – Emma Helbrough
Who Will Plant a Tree? – Jerry Pallotta
Eyewitness Tree – David Burnie
Watercolor With Me in the Forest – Dana Fox

⏱️ VIDEO CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
00:14 Spine books we used
01:25 Photosynthesis experiment (spinach + baking soda)
02:31 Onion skin cells under the microscope
03:22 Eggshell sprouts with flower seeds
05:31 Plant cuttings rooted in water, moved to soil
06:30 Mason jar herb garden flop (garlic win!)
07:54 Bean experiment fail (up side down bean!)
09:56 Stinkhorn mushroom and fungi web
12:23 Booklist intro
12:33 Tree books we used
21:07 Bonus tree book recommendations
29:15 Outro


If you’re looking for a cozy, real-life homeschool science unit filled with books, dirt, and a few unexpected lessons, you’re in the right place 🍃💛

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