Recent Talking ideas - Talking Trees
Our children love to talk! They are anxious to talk to each other, to friends, and to their favorite grown-ups. Try something imaginative this month -- try talking trees!
First, sit together near a tree or a picture of a tree. Share the names of the tree's parts with your child: roots, trunk, bark, branches, leaves. Tell your child the tree's name (Oak, Maple, Elm, Apple, Cherry, etc.)
 | Share the story of one tree with your child. Explain how a tree begins from a seed, sprouts roots and a shoot and grows taller and taller adding a thick trunk and green leaves. (check reading for Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf) |
| Ask your child to tell you the story of another tree, helping him remember each of the steps you shared. |
| Now pretend that you are both talking trees. Pretending to be the trees, have a conversation about how the trees grew. Example: "Hi! My name is Maple, what is yours?" "Hi! I am oak!" (You can add motion by waving arms as if they were branches saying hello.) |
Maple: Where did you come from?
Oak: I started out as a little seed. Then I grew roots and a shoot!
Maple: Me too! Then I grew taller and taller. The rain helped me grow. My roots can drink the water.
Oak: Mine too! My trunk grew bark and I grew leaves. How about you?
Maple: Me too! My leaves reached out for the sunshine. The sun gives me energy!
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