We are doing LOTS of activities to welcome in the holiday of Tu B'Shevat, the celebration of the trees! During circle we have discussed how trees help was and what they can provide for us as well as how each and everyone of us can help take care of trees. Yesterday we read the story, The Lorax, which is one of my favorite books to read to kids. It is LONG and they sat through the circle beautifully and were very engaged with the story. They asked questions about why they put the dirty water into the lake if they knew the fish were there? Why did they want the factory to keep getting bigger? Why did they chop down the last tree? It's great to see how much they are learning about the world around them and throughout the next weeks we are going to continue to discuss how we can help protect our world.
We have also been doing some Tu B'Shevat related art projects. We created our very own tree drawings by tracing our hands and arms and adding leaves around our fingers. It was neat to watch them help each other trace their hands, and they are really proud of themselves that they can draw trees too!
I love everything you guys are doing with the kids (and so does Adam). Every project, discussion, and experience has multiple layers and goals. Amazing! And Adam shared with excitement that you read the Lorax in class and that it was LOOOOONG! :)
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