What is your favorite thing about the earth? Is it the lakes or the oceans? Maybe it's the animals or the plants? Whatever it is, it's special!
Did you know the earth gives us gifts? Can you think of a 'gift' that earth has given you?
I love to wander around and find what the earth has given me! I can explore in my own back yard! Sometimes I find little potato bugs crawling across my driveway and I watch them as they go on their merry way. Other times I see a birds nest in one of my trees with tiny little blue and brown eggs tucked inside ready to hatch. When I look up into the sky I see birds of many different kinds flying in the breeze. I also spot fluffy clouds that look like a dragon or a snowman. All of these different things we see, while we are exploring, are gifts from the earth!
When I was young, I used to climb up into my Aunt Karen's peach tree. My cousins and I would sit in it's branches and eat a peach and watch the world around us. It seemed to us that we were hidden from the world, up there in that tree! Do you have a tree you can climb? Do you have a hill you can climb? Or maybe you live in an apartment and have a window that looks out over the city? Where ever you are able to see the world from, it's a fantastic view!
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| poem by Rose Fyleman |
When I was "googling" today, I came upon this coloring page and poem at bltk-kids.com. I love it! It is very similar to what I would do if I had a huge tree in my front yard. What would you do if you have a very big tree of your very own? If you have soil and a pot, you can plant a tree! Small or big, it doesn't matter…it will be your tree. When your tree starts to grow up you can plant it in your yard or share it with others by planting it in a park! Tree's help us breathe, give us shelter, provide fruit to eat and wood for building. There are so many things tree's do!
Read The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein…it's another one of our very favorites!
Whatever your favorite thing on the earth is...love it, cherish it and take care of it. Remember, all of earths creations are gifts to us. Let's make sure we tell earth, "Thanks!"
I love sharing with all of you, my internet friends, and hope you have fun with all my activities! Life is to be enjoyed, not endured! I'm just trying to do my part to help the children (& adults) ENJOY!
Peace and beauty
Lisa
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