You can find all of these Giving Tree activities by clicking HERE. The Giving Tree Activities and Crafts at School. She is enjoying her fifth year of teaching at Giving Tree. The curriculum focuses on learning basic concepts and skills through hands on experiences and activities. She graduated from Whitman College in Walla Walla, WA with a Bachelor's degree in Environmental Humanities and brings her love of literature and the natural world to her teaching. Then, instead of pasting the apples onto their own tree, the students must give their apples to three different students. Language materials develop early reading and writing skills. Our goal is to guide each child in all areas of their personal development by creating a welcoming and supportive environment that is rich with opportunities for exploration. Areas related to physical, mental, emotional and social development are all given equal attention when preparing a curriculum to fit the needs of each child. Thinking, reasoning, questioning and experimentation. We believe that an environment in which a child will be respected, nurtured and recognized as an individual encourages opportunities for self discovery and independence. This activity, as well as the differentiated math and literacy centers, are part of our extension unit. The Intermediate-level class spent the rest of the week doing these activities to learn about the importance of pure love and the generosity represented by the Giving Tree. Each individual child has the opportunity to move through the specially designed learning centers with materials of their own interest level and ability. Free, printable retelling props from Teaching Curious Kids Teachers Pay Teachers store. Learn about unconditional love between a boy and a tree. Age-appropriate social, language, and literacy skills. We believe in connecting our greater community to what we do in the classroom. Practical Life encourages life-skills, care of oneself and others, care of the environment, social interaction, grace and courtesy. Each individual child has the opportunity to move through the specially designed learning centers with materials of their own interest level and ability. Teacher Jules has a wide variety of childcare experience, having worked with students of all ages, in summer camps, bilingual public schools, a Reggio Emilia preschool, and most recently, as an afterschool teacher at a Montessori charter. The physical, emotional, social, aesthetic, spiritual and cognitive needs and interests are inseparable and equally important. She is enjoying her fourth year of teaching at Giving Tree. See more ideas about The giving tree, Shel silverstein, Tree. You can see it by clicking HERE. Children learn by manipulating materials and interacting with others. Use this writing craftivity (found at Around the Kampfire) to retell the story, share how you can give to others, or to persuade someone to be kind. Learning takes place through the senses. Over the past year, Jules has subbed at the Giving Tree, and she is excited to continue growing her roots in this community. They studied Politics, Race & Ethnic Studies, and Spanish at Whitman College. Set out a jar of red pompoms – each time you see a child showing gratitude, being thankful, or giving to another, have them place a red pompom on the tree (tip – poster putty works great for sticking the pompoms on the tree). Sensorial areas promote exploration of color, shape, dimension, weight, touch, sound, taste and smell. She graduated from the Academy of Art University with a Bachelor's degree in Multimedia and went on to study Early Childhood Education at Merritt College in Oakland, CA. She brings her excitement for anti-bias teaching to her work at Giving Tree and in her free time she is a part of PDXChildcareCollective. Fostering a positive sense of identity and emotional well-being. Our primary focus is respect and care. Use activities to enhance the story such as props, time lines, setting the story to music, and children's drawings. Giving Tree Preschool's curriculum is based on the Montessori philosophy. The aim of Montessori-based education is to foster competent, responsible, adaptive citizens who are lifelong learners and problem solvers. Science, Math, and More. -Jean Piaget. Giving Tree Preschool's curriculum is based on the Montessori philosophy. We encourage children to explore: Respecting and caring attitudes towards oneself and others. We also have a STEM activity for The Giving Tree! One morning may involve a discovery circle with a snake skin brought in from a child's home, or a play written and performed by the children before lunch. -Maria Montessori, "Play is the work of childhood." After reading The Giving Tree, pass out worksheets to each student with a large tree in the center. The four main areas of the Montessori classroom are Practical Life, Sensorial, Mathematics, and Language. Children increase their own knowledge through self initiated experiences, as well as through conversations with teachers and peers. Some materials are designed to develop fine and gross motor skills while others facilitate both creative and critical thinking. Mathematics areas encourage the manipulation of objects to understand quality and numeration. Nov 14, 2013 - Explore Amanda Merwin's board "The giving tree activities " on Pinterest. Exposure to the arts and creative expression. Olivia Johnson "The Giving Tree," Activities Students at Discovery Isle in Oceanside read the wonderful book, "The Giving Tree," by Shel Silverstein and then proceeded to do activities related to it! All teachers at Giving Tree are enrolled in PSU's Oregon Registry program, a statewide training and certification step program with focus on ten core knowledge categories of Early Childhood Education. Begin with ideas for teaching "The Giving Tree" to preschool students by the author Shel Silverstein. Montessori-Inspired Early Childhood Education. Next, pass out three paper apples to each student. Teacher Maddison has seven years of early childhood education experience, working in classrooms focused around RIE, Reggio Emilia, and anti-bias philosophies.