Education and development of younger students is recommended to be carried out in a playful way, as a result of such activities, the baby learns the world better. An elementary school herbarium, collected together with parents, is one way to study the environment. Walking with mom and dad in the park, outdoor activities, exciting activities - all this is good for the child.
Preschoolers will be interested in collecting beautiful tree leaves, and older children can be invited to find interesting plants by identifying their names. The main helpers of the child are parents, who will not be superfluous to learn how to make a herbarium for school. The success of this lesson, simple at first glance, depends on how correctly the plants are collected and dried.
To make a herbarium for an elementary school, you need to arm yourself with scissors, a spatula or a shovel,bucket and gloves. A dry, windy day is the perfect time to pick up and dig up plants that don't need to be damp to dry properly. Flowers and petals must be fresh and dried immediately after picking.
The classic way to prepare plants to be placed in an elementary school herbarium is to use a lot of old newspapers that need to be replaced often and presses. An alternative is to place the flower or twig in blotting paper between the pages of a thick book, which does not make the process any less difficult, since the pages will have to be changed as they become soaked with moisture.
Plants dry quickly when placed in special herbarium frames, consisting of wire mesh and a wooden base. Twigs or leaves are wrapped in newspaper sheets and inserted into frames that are tightly tied together.
Using an iron will speed up the process of preparing material for the herbarium. It is important not to overdry the plants, so as not to make them unnecessarily fragile.
A simplified but effective way to prepare leaves and flowers is to use PVA glue, which is diluted with water in a ratio of 1:3. It is necessary to dip a leaf or branch into the solution, hold for 10 minutes, then air dry. The plants will dry out and remain elastic.
If the color of the blanks for the herbarium is not of fundamental importance, use a solution of glycerin, for the preparation of whichadd water in a ratio of 3:1. Plants will acquire a brown hue and special strength.
The final result of the work will depend on how to design the herbarium. It is more convenient to use a ready-made album, or you can glue it from sheets of drawing paper. Dried plants are glued with a drop of transparent glue or a thin strip of adhesive tape. When compiling a herbarium for elementary school, be guided by only one main rule - be careful. Sign each copy using the label. You can determine the name, type and family of unfamiliar objects using the encyclopedia.
Compositions and pictures of dry leaves and flowers look interesting, for the creation of which any plot provided by your imagination is suitable. Such an exciting activity will give you and your child a lot of positive emotions.
