Do you remember our beanie babies? Sadly, not all of them survived their baggie homes.
So I bought some sunflower seeds. Everyone has planted a sunflower and some lucky kids have also planted their beanie babies.
We’re keeping track of their growth with a weekly plant diary. You can click either image to grab.
Last week I did this drama activity with my kids that was quite amazing. I dictated the story below (A Tree Grows) while the children silently acted it out.
I paused throughout the narration and tapped several children on the shoulder. Those children said one word describing how they were feeling.
At the end of the drama I gave the children an opportunity to discuss their feelings and experiences as they pretended to be small apple seeds growing into trees.
I thought it was quite powerful and the kids LOVED it!
Click the image if you’d like the 3-page copy. (BTW, this story has been in my file for probably 20 years and I have no idea who wrote it.)
Have a great evening!
We used to do something similar to your drama…going to bookmark this for next year. Time to do it again!Thank you for sharing!
I love this! I want to go try it with some first graders.KimberleyFirst in Maine
I am sure your first graders had a lot of fun acting this out! Wonderful way to help them with comprehension of the story and I'm sure cute to watch. :)LoriConversations in Literacy
Thanks for stopping by, Suzy.
Thanks, Kimberley. I need to do this more:)
It WAS very cute. I was pleased that they all liked doing it, too!
I LOVE when you combine literacy and drama … GREAT story! I can totally use that in my counseling.And thanks for the surprise in my inbox this morning; you are toooooo sweet!Smiles and sunshine,Barbara