Nell Plants a Tree - Storytime Online
- Leanna Chappell
- 19 hours ago
- 4 min read
Hello everyone! We hope you are all excited for Nell Plants a Tree by Anne Wynter.
We have put together a bunch of fun activities and crafts for the little ones. Starting today, Thursday, April 2, the kits are available to pick up for our online storytime this month!
Enjoy a FREE copy of the book and more!
"Nell Plants a Tree" by Anne Wynter
"Before her grandchildren climbed the towering tree, explored its secret nests, raced to its sturdy trunk, read in its cool shade, or made pies with its pecans… Nell buried a seed. And just as Nell’s tree grows and thrives with her love and care, so do generations of her close-knit family.
Visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwvSSkq2Xx0 to watch the Kansas State University Department of English’s read aloud. Then, enjoy the activities! Everything is yours to keep!
Kits include:
a FREE copy of Nell Plants a Tree
information page
colors game (5 colored paper trees)
rhymes/song pages with weblinks (instrument included)
2 activity pages
2 coloring pages
seasonal tree craft
3 magnets from the story
tree stickers
Here are the following pages that you will receive with your kit!
HANDOUT GAMES – play with included tree handouts
Can You Show Me…?
(Tune: “Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush”)
Can you show me the green tree?
Green tree, green tree?
Can you show me the green tree?
And wave it in the air?
Yellow… orange… brown… red
Hold It High – Choose one tree from handouts
Hold your tree high and stand
Now wave it around in gestures grand!
Hold your tree below your chin
Now hold it way up high again
Hold your tree against your nose
Now touch the tree to your toes
Touch your tree to the ground
Now wave that tree all around!
Hold your tree in front of you
Now turn around – one time, two!
Hold your tree and jump up high!
Now let your tree fly fly fly (throw it in the air)
SONGS & INSTRUMENT – use included instruments
Planting a Tree by Kidsa English
HAPPY TREE SONG by LILIPOO kids TV
And The Green Grass Grew by Super Simple Songs
Way Up High in the Apple Tree by The Kiboomers
BOUNCE RHYME (bounce along with child in lap)
The Trees Are Growing
(Tune: "The Farmer in the Dell")
The trees are growing tall (bounce up high on ‘tall’)
The trees are growing tall
With soil and rain and sunny days,
The trees are growing tall
The trees are growing roots... (swing down low on ‘roots’)
The trees are growing bark... (tickle back on ‘bark’)
The trees are growing branches... (help wave arms around on ‘branches’)
The trees are growing leaves... (wiggle fingers on ‘leaves’)
ACTION RHYMES
Trees
(Tune: "For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow")
Trees are very good plants
Trees are very good plants
Trees are very good plants
For all the things they do!
They grow the fruit we eat (x3)
Like pears and plums so sweet!
They give us lots of shade (x3)
On summer days we play!
They make a cozy home (x3)
For birds and bugs to roam
They give us lots of wood (x3)
For making all kinds of goods!
They help to clean the air (x3)
We breathe in everywhere!
They’re beautiful to see (x3)
There’s nothing like a tree!
Trees Are Good
Trees are good for climbing up
Trees are good for running around
Trees are good for shaking hard
To knock the pine cones to the ground
Trees are good for birds to peck
Trees are good for squirrels to hide
Trees are good for owls to sleep in
When the sun is bright outside
Trees are good for picking apples
Trees are good for hanging swings
Trees are good for birds to sit on
When they need to rest their wings
Plant a Tree
(Tune: “Hokey Pokey”)
You put the shovel in, you take the shovel out
You put the shovel in and you dig it all about
You make the hole a big one and you dig it all just right
That’s how you plant a tree
You pick the tree up, you put the roots down
You pick the tree up and you put it in the ground
You pick the tree up gently and you put the roots right down
That’s how you plant a tree
You pack the soil back in, you pack some plant food too
You pack the soil back in and now you’re almost through
You pat the soil around it and you put some plant food too
That’s how you plant a tree
You get a water hose, you get some buckets too
You get a water hose and lots of water too
You give the tree some water and that’s all you’ve got to do
That’s how you plant a tree!
EXTRA LINKS!
Anne Wynter’s site:
Illustrator Daniel Miyares’s site:
We hope you enjoy these activities and would love to hear what you thought of the book! We also hope you enjoyed the extra links. Remember, you can comment here on this website, email us at swantonpl@gmail.com, or come in and turn in a physical copy!
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