Today’s theme was trees in all of their majestic beauty.
Books:
“Our Tree Named Steve” by Alan Zweibel
“Picture a Tree” by Barbara Reid
“Tap the Magic Tree” by Christie Matheson
Click here to order these books (and more) from the Heights Library catalog
We also recited the rhyme “Five Little Apples”. Here are the words:
Way up high in the apple tree
Five little apples smiled at me.
I shook that tree as hard as I could
Down came an apple, and mmm, it was good!
(Repeat rhyme with 4,3,2, 1 apple)
Our art project was a process-oriented craft that involved the kids placing fingerprints on a tree template to look like leaves, flowers, apples, etc. I found the template here:
http://onefabday.com/diy-project-free-fingerprint-tree-template/
And here is one of our attendee’s beautiful finished product:
