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A Tree for Me (Celebrate Arbor Day)
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Submitted by: Christine Turner, Atascocita
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Audience
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• Toddler
• Pre-school
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Books
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Chicka chicka boom boom by:Bill Martin, Jr.
An alphabet rhyme/chant that relates what happens when the whole alphabet tries to climb a coconut tree.
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The gumdrop tree by:Elizabeth Spurr
When her father gives her a bag of colorful, sugary gumdrops to eat, a little girl decides to plant them instead.
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Fall is not easy by:Marty Kelley
A tree tells why, out of all four seasons, autumn is the hardest.
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Five little monkeys sitting in a tree by:Eileen Christelow
Five little monkeys sitting in a tree discover, one by one, that it is unwise to tease Mr. Crocodile.
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Way up high in a tall green tree by:Jan Peck
A girl climbs a tree in the rainforest saying goodnight to all the creatures, but it is really her bunkbed as she settles down with all her stuffed animals.
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We were tired of living in a house by:Liesel Moak Skorpen
Four children, a cat, and a dog move to a tree, a raft, a cave, and finally the seashore, enjoying each new dwelling until they discover its drawbacks.
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Red leaf, yellow leaf by:Lois Ehlert.
A child describes the growth of a maple tree from seed to sapling.
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Songs
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Way Up High in the Apple Tree
Way up High in the Apple Tree
(hands up)
Two little apples smiled at me
(hold up two fists)
I shook the tree as hard as I could
(shake hands)
Down came the apples
(hands in lap)
Mmm, were they good
(pat tummy)
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I had a Little Nut Tree
I had a Little Nut Tree,
and nothing would it bear
But a silver nutneg
and a golden pear
The King of Spain's daughter
came to visit me
And all for the sake of my little nut tree.
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Craft
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Your Own Alphabet Tree
Craft Project Directions:
Using the templates provided, cut out a tree stem and leaves to make the type of tree that you desire- palm tree, simple green tree, pine tree, etc, and tape them to a colored piece of construction paper. If you want your tree to be able to bend over, cut out two tree trunks, overlap them on a background piece of paper, securing the bottom trunk with tape and attach the top one with a brass fastener so it will sway back and forth. Add letters to the tree and you have your own alphabet tree!
http://www.thebestkidsbooksite.com/printcraft.cfm?CraftID=4
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Other
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The National Arbor Day Foundation
http://www.arborday.org/
Lorax Save the Tree Game
http://www.seussville.com/games/lorax/
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