Our tree named steve activities

This week started out with another cool box creation! My neighbors brought me another box, and the cardboard corner pieces begged to become a ball track. We rolled ping pong balls (yes, I rolled some too,) whenever the box was available. I finally retired the bean box midweek, when all the beans were spread all over the floor. Twenty-one ping pong balls are easier to pick up than 3000 beans! One of the things I wanted to include this week was more science. We started learning about trees by…

Our Wonder Table. Our Tree Named Steve.

I built a tree around our tube stand and cut out some holes for our stuffed animals to live inside. The Little One loved it! The bird's nest is right at her level so that was the first stuffy to come out. Once it was out she played with the flap, opening and closing it. Then she decided to put her baby doll inside. Next onto exploring the rest of the animals that live in a tree. We have a fox, raccoon, deer, squirrels, chipmunk, skunk, eagle, robin, owl, crow and baby birds in a nest. One…

"Who lives in trees" craft. Pre-cut and glued the tree. After story time, have preschoolers little animals to color, cut and paste in the tree.

Arbor Day and Earth Day are two holidays in April with a focus on trees, conservation, and caring for the Earth. This list of recommended fiction and nonfiction children's picture books will help supplement your library story hour or preschool circle time with a STEAM focus for the spring.

Tree science activities for preschoolers and kindergarten kids to try any time of year. Explore the scientific method and more with the kids!

Earth Day Kindergarten activity. Book was Our Tree Named Steve.

My first graders are in the thick of a unit on living and non-living things. This Tree of Life project was a perfect break for my little arborists to take what they've learned about plants, trees, and more specifically tree rings and turn it into a little auto-biography project. Visit my Teachers Pay Teachers store for a free printable with directions for this fun science and writing project. http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Tree-of-Life-931470 0

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Out Tree Named Steve by Alan Zweibel, Kindergarten activity