Happy Earth Day, and (almost) Happy Arbor Day!
Arbor Day will be celebrated across America on Friday, April 25th. The Arbor Day Foundation has some wonderful recommendations for activities for kids on their website.
Also, a belated Happy Birthday to naturalist, preservationist and author John Muir! John Muir was born on April 21st 1838 in Dunbar, Scotland. Muir was the founder of the Sierra Club and worked to preserve important natural areas, including Yosemite National Park.
My original reader Do Your Part to Save The Earth is a great addition to your lesson plan this week, or whenever your class is studying recycling and conserving resources! This third-grade level N reader combines reading activities and science concepts.Another great educational resource for Arbor Day is my original play, Trees – A Joy Forever! The play is written for 2nd - 5th grades and has 11 parts. The play focuses on J. Sterling Morton, the founder of Arbor Day. The play tells the history of Morton’s contribution to establishing Arbor Day as a national holiday through the eyes of the statue (J. Sterling Morton). The statue comes alive when two children walk through Arbor Lodge Historical Park in Nebraska. This is an original play written for use as readers’ theater, as a part of balanced literacy (Read-Aloud, Shared and Performance Reading or Guided Reading), or for an actual play production.
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