“The Giving Tree,” by Shel Silverstein, is a wonderful book that all children need to have read to them. I personally have always loved the book and “The Giving Tree” project is so cute! I helped one of my friends, who is a Kindergarten teacher, do this activity and had so much fun!
In this project, the ideas are great and there are so many ideas to use for all different teaching styles. I helped do this activity in conjunction with a unit on Community Helpers. The students wrote ways they could help their school or community on the pieces of paper. This project goes great with October/November because of the leaves changing colors and fall. My mom is also a teacher and suggested that instead of using the leaf cut-outs, to next time trace the students’ hands onto orange, red, yellow, and brown paper and cut them out to be leaves. She said then, closer to Thanksgiving, we should turn the tree into “The Thankful Tree” during the Thanksgiving unit and get the children to write what they are thankful for on their leaves. Overall, I think this activity is a great idea! There are so many fun ways to make it your own!
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