I’ll blame two week in a row of summer camp for the fact that we didn’t get to the book I had picked out for our Poppins Book Nook this month. So…instead of sharing activities for that book alone, I’m going to tell you about the book I had chosen and some great resources for using it, and then I’m going to share with you some other great resources for reading about forests and trees.
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein is one of my favorite books of all time. It’s a very sweet story of a little boy and his friendship with a tree. As the two grow together, the tree finds a way to give to the boy at each stage of his life- even when the boy forgets his friend. And when the two are together again at the end of life- the boy an old man and the tree now a stump, it’s a touching moment.
This is the book I had picked for the theme of trees. It isn’t a new one for my kids, but it’s a favorite of theirs as well. Along with the book, here are the things we would have done (had it not been for this perpetual busyness!).

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The Giving Tree Activities
Create a chart comparing needs and wants. Throughout the story the tree is constantly giving to the boy. Some of the things he gives are needs and some are wants. Use the chart to talk about the difference between the two. Young children especially have a hard time understanding what they really need versus what they want.
Other Forest and Tree Books
More Forest and Tree Activities

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