Life Skills · Kindergarten

Pre-KG Explores the Peepal Tree and Tries Leaf Printing

Pre-KG children explored the Peepal tree on the school grounds, learnt about its role in clean air and Indian culture, and tried Peepal leaf printing.

Vidhya Peetham i-School / 12 August 2026 / 3 minute read

A smiling child holds up a green-painted leaf during Peepal leaf printing, with a green leaf print on white paper. — 01PreKG

02A child in a pink T-shirt lifts a painted leaf from paper, leaving a green print beside a brown painted line.

On 12 August 2026, our Pre-KG children spent a Life Skills session getting to know one of the trees in our school grounds: the Peepal tree. The session began with the tree itself and ended with Peepal leaf printing, a simple art activity that let the children make something from what they had just explored.

03A child presses a painted leaf onto white paper, with green paint on the fingertips and a print beside a brown line.

Meeting the Peepal tree

The children gathered around the Peepal tree in the school grounds and were encouraged to explore it with their hands. They touched the rough bark of the trunk and compared it with the smooth, heart-shaped leaves. For children of this age, noticing the difference between rough and smooth is an early step in learning to observe carefully and describe what they find.

While they explored, the children heard how the Peepal tree helps to keep the air clean, and they learnt a little about the importance of the tree in Indian culture. Many families will know the Peepal as a familiar tree, and this was a chance for the children to connect something they may see around them with what they learn at school.

04A child smiles at the camera while pressing a green-painted leaf onto paper next to an earlier leaf print.

Peepal leaf printing

After their time with the tree, the children moved on to Peepal leaf printing. The photographs show them seated at tables with large sheets of white paper, each sheet marked with a brown painted line. The children coated leaves in green paint, pressed them onto the paper and then lifted them away to see the print left behind. Some held their painted leaves up to look at them closely, and several finished with green fingertips.

Leaf printing asks young children to use both hands, press down firmly enough to leave a mark and lift the leaf carefully. The finished prints show the outline of the leaf, so the activity brings the children back to the same heart shape they had felt on the tree earlier.

05A child in a pink polka-dot top holds a painted leaf and points to a green leaf print on white paper.

06A smiling child places a green leaf face down on white paper at the end of a brown painted line.

Why we plan activities like this

Sessions like this one are part of our Life Skills work with our youngest learners. They give children a chance to be curious, to learn through their hands, to look closely at the natural world and to build their observation skills, while having fun along the way. Peepal leaf printing is a small activity, but it links what the children touched, heard and made into one connected experience.

Parents may like to talk with their child about the Peepal tree at home: what the bark felt like, what shape the leaves were, and what colour they used for their prints.

07A child holds up a green leaf above a sheet of paper that already has three green leaf prints on it.

08A child in a red T-shirt presses a painted leaf onto paper beside a green leaf print and a brown line.

09A grinning child with green-painted fingertips holds up a paint-covered leaf above a fresh leaf print.

10A child looks up while lifting a painted leaf from paper, showing a green print in a bright classroom.

Life Skills · Kindergarten

Pre-KG Explores the Peepal Tree and Tries Leaf Printing

Meeting the Peepal tree

Peepal leaf printing

Why we plan activities like this

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