We began our week of celebrating Johnny Appleseed's birthday by creating a portrait of him and reading a book about how he changed our world for the better. We had learned the words present and past last week and talked about how portraits were how people made pictures of others before their were cameras like we have in the present. We then talked about how Johnny was a good citizen. He worked to plant as many seeds around the US in the west to make life better for others. We discussed the many ways these trees would help people. Some of the reasons these smart kiddos came up with were:
-giving us food to eat
-wood to build stuff with
-protection from the sun/heat
-air to breath
I was so excited to hear them sharing their thoughts. Many of them even said they wanted to be just like Johnny Appleseed and do good things for others....that is music to my ears! :) We will be writing about how they can do just that and be good citizens themselves.
Here are some pictures of our portraits and the apple projects some of these creative kiddos brought in this morning.
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