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| Stories, songs, and crafts celebrating these remarkable green giants. (Incorporated poetry, interactive theater, sign language, non-fiction, and art appreciation.) Ages 5-11 |
As children arrived, had “poem in your pocket” blanks for Earth Day poems – many children did these!
Read/Act Out : EarthDance – 811.54 RYD – we acted out this poetic celebration of the earth as we read it (splendid language, imagination, poetry, images, kinesthetic learning)
Song (teach sign language) : “Walk The World Now Children” on Tom Chapin’s Some Assembly Required (730 CHAP) # 8
Read (NonFiction): Living Sunlight: How Plants Bring the Earth to Life -- 572.46 BAN (sunlight converted by plant through photosynthesis breaking up water -- H20 -- breathing out oxygen for us to breathe in -- breathing in CO2 and building sugars (leaves, stems, juices, seeds, fruit) for us to eat -- we are living sunlight!)
Song (teach sign language) : “Family Tree” on Tom Chapin’s album Family Tree (730 CHAP)
Read (NonFiction/Biog): Wangari’s Trees of Peace (JBiog Maathai)
Read: Picture a Tree (Picture Book REID) then show: http://www.barbarareid.ca/books/pictureatree.html (video of the plasticine pictures being made)
Craft: collage art – make a tree with scrap paper/tissue paper (12x18 cardstock, assorted scrap papers, scissors, glue containers & Qtips, markers)
Music: play album This Pretty Planet (730 CHAP) while children working on crafts
Read/Act Out : EarthDance – 811.54 RYD – we acted out this poetic celebration of the earth as we read it (splendid language, imagination, poetry, images, kinesthetic learning)
Song (teach sign language) : “Walk The World Now Children” on Tom Chapin’s Some Assembly Required (730 CHAP) # 8
Read (NonFiction): Living Sunlight: How Plants Bring the Earth to Life -- 572.46 BAN (sunlight converted by plant through photosynthesis breaking up water -- H20 -- breathing out oxygen for us to breathe in -- breathing in CO2 and building sugars (leaves, stems, juices, seeds, fruit) for us to eat -- we are living sunlight!)
Song (teach sign language) : “Family Tree” on Tom Chapin’s album Family Tree (730 CHAP)
Read (NonFiction/Biog): Wangari’s Trees of Peace (JBiog Maathai)
Read: Picture a Tree (Picture Book REID) then show: http://www.barbarareid.ca/books/pictureatree.html (video of the plasticine pictures being made)
Craft: collage art – make a tree with scrap paper/tissue paper (12x18 cardstock, assorted scrap papers, scissors, glue containers & Qtips, markers)
Music: play album This Pretty Planet (730 CHAP) while children working on crafts
Flannel/Song (omitted/no time): "And the Green Grass Grew All Around"
4/2013
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