Sorting Nature

On our walks we collect sticks, leaves and weeds. I read in one of my Montessori books to collect a bunch of twigs of different sizes and let the kids sort them by height. I have not had much luck with sorting. The kids love to sort, but they love to sort when it’s their idea. So instead of doing an actual adult led activity we just did our usual collecting, but this time we brought the flora inside.

When we got home, we put the nature stuff on a table in a heap. I walked away for a moment and came back to this:

I expected Lou and Ero to have fun with the nature things, I just didn’t expect sorting. Go figure.

This nature stuff was entertainment on and off all day. Later, a towel was laid on the table and new arrangements were made:

Little Botanists.