Trees

1. Parent Involvement

1.1. Family Letter

2. Arts and Crafts

2.1. Tree Rubbing

2.2. Twig Painting

2.3. Pine Needle Brush

2.4. Decorating Pinecones

2.5. Sawdust Play Dough

2.6. Textured Paint

2.7. Paper Product Sculptures

2.8. Make a Tree

3. Dramatic Play

3.1. Construction Site

3.2. Birds

4. Fingerplays

4.1. The Apple Tree

4.2. Orange Tree

4.3. I Am a Tall Tree

4.4. The Wind

5. Large Muscle

5.1. Wooden Climber

5.2. Wooden Balance Beam

6. Music

6.1. "Little Leaves"

6.2. "Foods That Grow on Trees"

7. Sensory

7.1. Wood Shavings

7.2. Pinecones

7.3. Acorns

8. Books

9. Vocabulary

9.1. bark

9.2. root

9.3. sap

9.4. tree

9.5. trunk

10. Theme Goals

10.1. Parts of Trees

10.1.1. New node

10.2. Kinds of Trees

10.2.1. Types of Fruit Trees

10.3. Care of Trees

10.3.1. New node

10.4. Purpose of Trees

10.4.1. New node

10.4.2. New node

10.4.3. New node

10.4.4. New node

10.4.5. New node

10.4.6. New node

10.4.7. New node

10.5. Types of Fruit Trees

10.6. Animal Homes in Trees

11. Cooking

11.1. Guacamole Dip

11.2. Orange Pecan Cookies

11.3. Others

12. Field Trips

12.1. paper mill

12.2. Department of Natural Resources

12.3. National, state, and local parks

12.4. nature centers

12.5. university departments of biology, botany, construction, and forestry

13. Group Time

13.1. Tree Chart

13.2. Movement Activity-"Happy Leaves"

14. Math

14.1. Trace Walk

14.2. Sorting and Counting Activities

14.3. Items made from trees

15. Science

15.1. Weighing Nuts

15.2. Planting Seeds

15.3. Grow an Avocado Tree

15.4. Leaf Book

15.5. Shade versus Sun

15.6. Pinecone Bird Feeders

15.7. Make Paper

16. Social Studies

16.1. Family Tree

17. Multi Media