Follow The Moon This deeply, moving story about friendship and a young boy’s profound bond with nature will touch children and educators alike. In this program we’ll learn about sea turtles and hear the story, “Follow the Moon”. We’ll sing a gentle song about these elegant ocean creatures: We’ll pretend we’re tiny sea turtles and discover how it feels to find our way to the sea. Finally, we’ll create an ocean scene using chalk and beach sand and then use our fingerprints to make tiny turtles. |back to book list|

The Whales' Song This lively song sets the tone for this ocean tale. Children become marine animals gliding through deep ocean water and then hear a dramatic reading of the story, The Whales’ Song. We’ll share our ideas about acts of kindness we can show toward other animals. Finally, we’ll create our own ocean masterpiece using some unusual collage materials.
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The Emperor's Egg In this program we’ll learn the amazing saga of Antarctica's emperor penguins laying and hatching their eggs, and then struggling to raise their young in one of our planet's most unforgiving climates--"the coldest, windiest, driest place on Earth." Once the story is finished, we’ll discover what it feels like to carry an egg on our feet and try to master the “Penguin Shuffle”. We’ll let Joan Chapman’s illustrations soak in, and then try out a collage technique. |back to book list|

What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? A nose for digging? Ears for seeing? We’ll discover the amazing things animals can do with their ears, eyes, mouths, noses, feet, and tails in this beautifully illustrated interactive guessing book. We’ll sing and dance the “Animal Groove” and create some new animals using a variety of collage papers and googly eyes! This program is extra zany! |back to book list|

 

Washing The Willow Tree Loon This program begins, as all the programs do, with the song, "A Big Beautiful Planet in the Sky." The gentle song lyrics help children understand that the earth is home to many forms of life. We’ll learn about loons, then read Washing the Willow Tree Loon, a book about caring people gently rescuing and cleaning a loon caught in an oil slick. Children sing about using their own two hands to make a difference. A circle dance and an arts activity help to complete the message and the fun. |back to book list|

The Great Kapok Tree In this program we learn about the rain forest and the inhabitants of it's many levels and layers. We'll sing Jim Scott's “Rainforest Song” and we'll dance with colored scarves. Color is an important way to understand the rain forest. We'll read The Great Kapok Tree, then children become animals and reenact the story. Water colors and bright crayons will allow students to depict their own vision of the rain forest. |back to book list|