April 22, 2015 Story Time - Earth Day/Arbor Day

If you missed this weeks story time here is what we did:

*marks the books we read

Arbor Day  by Rebecca Rissman*
Earth Day  by Amy Margaret
Seeds  by Vijaya Khisty Bodach*
A Tree for Emmy  by Mary Ann Rodman
Are Trees Alive?  by Debbie S. Miller*
Earth Day - Hooray!  by Stuart J. Murphy
The Busy Tree  by Jennifer Ward*

For our craft we colored a small paper world then threaded it onto a piece of yarn for a necklace

Extra activities:
Recycling in my home (sing to "Wheels on the Bus")
Recycling in my home goes round and round
round and round, round and round
recycling in my home goes round and round
all through the day

Hear the cans go crunch, crunch, crunch
crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch
hear the cans go crunch, crunch, crunch
recycle for our earth

Hear the bottles go ding, ding, ding
ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding
hear the bottles go ding, ding, ding
recycle for our earth

Hear the paper go crinkle, crinkle, crinkle
crinkle, crinkle, crinkle, crinkle, crinkle, crinkle
hear the paper go crinkle, crinkle, crinkle
recycle for our earth

Love Our World (sing to "If You're Happy and You Know it')
If you love our world, clap your hands (clap, clap)
if you love our world, clap your hands (clap, clap)
if you love our world, really love our great big world;
if you love our world, clap your hands! (clap, clap)

If you love our world, plant new trees (new trees)
if you love our world, plant new trees (new trees)
if you love our world, really love our great big world;
if you love our world, plant new trees (new trees)

If you love our world, recycle (recycle)
if you love our world, recycle (recycle)
if you love our world, really love our great big world;
if you love our world, recycle (recycle)

If you love our world, do your part (do your part)
if you love our world, do your part (do your part)
if you love our world, really love our great big world;
if you love our world, BE SMART! (be smart!)