Fable: The Plane Tree
Virtue: Grateful
Habit/Motto: Be grateful for what you have. Focus on the positive; don't cry for what you lack.
Song/Finger Play:
We're Climbing up a Tree
Popcorn Popping on the Apricot Tree
Squirrel, Squirrel (if you do squirrel as one of the travellers in story)
Yoga Pose: Tree
Craft/Activity: choose depending on age--listed easy to complex
A) Hand trees with thumbprint leaves
B) Finger paint the scene
C) Build a bigger tree with tissue paper
D) Do a maze to find their way home, like the mouse
Share: Retell the story using their art or have them choose another animal to tell the story of...and tell what that animal could be grateful to the tree for.
Snacks:
Nuts and berries (or a trailmix)
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Letter: T
Words: Tree, Thank You, Tall, Travel, The
Number: Three (why: animals in story, same start letter)
Shape: tall rectangle or cylinder (tall tree)
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