Ages 3 – 6
The herbarium for plants containing tannin
Collaborative construction of a herbarium for plants containing tannin.
Objectives:
- Developing sensory and emotional relationships with plants.
- Discovering living materials collected in the gardens.
- Experimenting with a technique involving pounding on fabric.
Skills developed:
- Finding your way around a natural environment.
- Collecting leaves with an artistic approach.
- Observing, sorting and classifying materials to build a collection.
Length: 1.5 h
Price: 3 euros per child
Treats from the Garden
Experimenting with two recipes from 18th century culinary traditions.
Objectives:
- Using a sensory approach to discover aromatic plants.
- Formalizing a process in the spoken word.
Skills developed:
- Identifying aromatic plants by name.
- Tasting sweet, savoury, bitter and tart food.
- Discovering and handling unusual objects.
- Raising awareness about health and food hygiene.
Length: 1.5 h
Price: 3 euros per child
The Herbarium Book of Aromatic Plants
Experimenting with different ways of making paper by integrating natural materials into a composition. Making a herbarium as a group, to be developed in class.
Objectives:
- Discovering and using techniques for making handmade paper.
- Establishing a sensory link between paper and plants.
- Creating a souvenir of the collection made at the museum or school.
Skills developed:
- Identifying the proposed plant species by name.
- Making the most of serendipitous finds.
- Discovering a recycling technique.
- Learning how to write a recipe.
Length: 1.5 h
Price: 3 euros per child
Museum in a Box
Staging a collection
Objective:
Ensuring the durability of a collection
Skills developed:
- Discovering the world around us
- Prioritizing scientific observation
- Sorting and classifying
Length: 1.5 h
Price: 3 euros per child
Once Upon a Time in a Garden
Using your senses
Objectives:
- Making contact with the fauna and flora in the gardens of the Oberlin Museum.
- Learning progressively about the different components of a garden through playful, sensory activities
Skills developed:
- Discovering the living world.
- Being aware of all of your senses: sight, hearing, smell, etc.
- Developing the desire to learn, expressing your sensitivity, being comfortable in unfamiliar situations.
Length: 1.5 h
Price: 3 euros per child
Investigating a Bestiary
Making a bestiary based on J.F. Oberlin’s 18th century educational factsheets.
Objectives:
- Discovering different classes in the animal kingdom and their characteristics.
- Developing your imagination and creativity.
Skills developed:
- Observing and identifying the characteristics of the animal kingdom.
- Identifying the classification criteria and using them.
- Associating natural elements and physical characteristics.
Length: 1.5 h
Price: 3 euros per child