Last week, we read one of my most favorite winter stories…Night Tree by Eve Bunting. It's about a family that has adopted a tree in Luke's Forest, on the edge of town. Each year, during the winter, this family has a tradition of decorating their tree, but not decorations for a holiday. They decorate it with popcorn, apples, tangerines, seeds and yummy treats for the animals in the forest. They even cover the ground around the tree with seeds and nuts for smaller creatures who may not be able to reach things on the tree. It is their way of doing something kind for our animal friends. We made a night tree project to go with the story.
We had to do a lot of cutting with this project. The next step was to assemble the tree. We needed to put the parts in a pattern!
Finally, we used cray pas to add details or the food decorations to the trees.
They turned out just beautiful. I hope your kindergartner shared the story of the Night Tree with you. If they did not, ask them about it. We decided the author's message of this book is that we should try to do kind things for others, even if they are animals!
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