PR: This tree-themed story time will be a wonderful way to explore the natural world with preschoolers, focusing on themes of growth, seasons, habitats, and the unique roles trees play.
Books used
Fall is not Easy by Marty Keley
Tap the Magic Tree by Christie Matheson
We're
Going on a Leaf Hunt by Steve Metzger
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin
Johnny Appleseed board book by Kate Coombs
Owl & Friends by Joyce Wan
Other books
Only a Tree Knows How to Be a Tree – Mary Murphy
Some Questions About Trees – Toni Yuly
The City Tree – Shira Boss & Lorena Alvarez
Apple and Magnolia – Laura Gehl & Patricia Metola
Treehouse Town – Gideon Sterer & Charlie Mylie
Eco Girl – Ken Wilson-Max
All Kinds of Special – Tammi Sauer & Fernando Martin
My Tree – Hope Lim & Il Sung Na
Nell Plants a Tree – Anne Wynter & Daniel Miyares
Zee Grows a Tree – Elizabeth Rusch & Will Hillenbrand
The Apple Pie Tree by Zoe Hall
A Tree for Me by Nancy Van Laan
There Was a Tree by Rachel Isadora
A Grand Old Tree by Mary Newell
Trees by Lemniscates
Tree by Britta Teckentrup
Leaves Fall Down: Learning About Autumn Leaves by Lisa Marie Bullard
Little Robin Redbreast by Shari Halpern
The Busy Little Squirrel by Nancy Tafuri
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin
This Tree Counts by Alison Formento
Pete the Cat and the Tip-Top Treehouse
Who Will Plant a Tree? by Jerry Pallotta
Activity
Showed some pages in the book called What on Earth? TREES by Kevin Warwick and discussed
what trees were used for, animals who live in/around trees, leaf types, etc.
Parachute with rhymes
Songs/rhymes
Five Little Monkeys Swinging from a Tree
Five little monkeys, swinging in a tree
Teasing Mr. Alligator, "You can't catch me! You can't catch me!"
Along comes Mr. Alligator, quiet as can be....
And SNAPS that monkey out of the tree!
(Repeat until all monkeys are gone.)
Craft ideas
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