As the leaves on the trees go from green to red and gold, two curious squirrels embrace the change of seasons.
When he wakes up one morning to find that his home tree is changing, the little squirrel is scared! Why are all the leaves falling off?
Quickly he corrals his sister and they gather up the leaves in colorful pawfuls. But try as they may to stick them back on the branches, it's hopeless: Yellow, orange, red, and brown, all the leaves keep falling down.
It's only when their wise mama explains what happens in autumn that the two little squirrels understand the seasons are changing. Green leaves will sprout anew in spring.
This book is great for kids beacause it teaches the theme not to be afraid of change. It also teaches kids a lot about the seasons, especially fall and what happens during this time. It could be used for a science lesson to show how the leaves change colors. Fall is a great time to do activities with children because there is so much fun artwork that can be done with leaves! This is a wonderful book foe a primary grade classroom!
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This book sounds great especially since fall is my favorite season! I agree that you can use it to teach the seasons but I didn't think about relating it to the changes in their individual lives. That's a nice touch. Good Job!
ReplyDeleteAwe i like this book. I agree that the 2 ways it can possibly help kids is that it teaches them about seasons and change! I like how you think of things like applying it to changes in their lives.. Like Danessa said, Nice touch. The website is good as wel! thanks for attaching :)
ReplyDeleteThis book is very education because it can be connected to the changing of the seasons which is a big concept at the Kindergarten level! It looks like such a cute book! I also like the theme to not be afraid of change. It's a good lesson to learn because all through life we go through different changes constantly. Great pick!
ReplyDeleteThat book is perfect for this time of year! I think you could use this in younger classrooms and talk about change and weather but also older classrooms for a fun read-a-loud or journal entry about the seasons changing.
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