Using the Going Green Song (Animated Music Video), students learn all about ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle and so much more through a catchy video!
Using the Going Green Song (MP3), students learn all about ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle and so much more through a catchy song!
This tree cut outs activity is a tree-shaped book for kindergarten to 2nd grade. Children color the cover, draw a tree, write about it, and cut out the pages on the bold line.
Using Characters, Settings, and Big Events Worksheet, students draw pictures and write a sentence for each to tell about the story elements in a book.
Using The Giving Tree Worksheet, students compare two characters from a story to determine how they are alike and different.
Hug a tree, plant a tree!
Arbor Day is a special day for planting and caring for trees. In the United States, National Arbor Day is the last Friday in April. Kindergartners learn that trees give us shade, homes for animals, fruit to eat and fresh air to breathe. They look at the parts of a tree, roots, trunk, branches and leaves, and talk about how a tiny seed can grow into a giant tree. It is a lovely time to talk about taking care of our Earth. The sweet moment comes when a child hugs the playground tree and says, "Thank you, tree!"
Kindergartners learn about trees best by singing, reading and getting outside.
Start the day with the Going Green song and do the motions together. Then ask, "What can we do to help our Earth?" Singing first gets kids excited and gives them the words to share their ideas.
Why it works: a catchy, repeating tune gives the brain a hook to hang words on, so sung text is remembered better (Wallace, 1994).
Try it withGoing Green Song (Animated Music Video)SongsOpen it →After a tree read-aloud, kids draw their favorite part and tell a partner about it. Then they finish a simple page about the story. Drawing helps kindergartners remember the story and talk about kindness to trees.
Why it works: pairing a picture with each word gives kids two ways to remember it, a well-tested principle of how people learn (Mayer, 2009).
Try it withThe Giving Tree WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Kids build a tree from cut-outs: brown trunk, branches, then green leaves on top. As they glue each part, name it together. Building it piece by piece teaches the parts of a tree in a way little hands remember.
Why it works: kids understand an idea best when they touch it, then draw it, then write it, the order the U.S. Department of Education recommends for elementary math.
Try it withTree Cut OutsActivitiesOpen it →Gentle, outdoorsy fun for little nature lovers.
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Arbor Day is a holiday for planting and taking care of trees. In the United States, National Arbor Day is celebrated on the last Friday in April, though some states choose a different day that fits their planting season.
Tell them it is a day to say thank you to trees and to plant new ones. Trees give us shade, fruit, homes for animals and clean air, so we take care of them.
Go on a leaf hunt, make a paper tree, read a tree story and plant a seed in a cup. Short, hands-on activities work best for this age.
Learning about trees teaches kids about living things, how plants grow and how to care for the Earth. It is often their first step into science and nature.
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