Woodland Creatures
Winter is coming on! The little Woodland Creatures are looking for winter dens, storing up food and preparing for the long winter ahead.
The Thornton Burgess Books, such as Old Mother Westwind, are just full of charming woodland creatures that bring the forest to life. Read stories of these forest animals aloud to your children and then begin creating your own Green Forest filled with Woodland Creatures.
You will find stuffed animals to represent Chatterer the Red Squirrel and a little further down his hollow tree.
You will also find a stuffed animal version of Little Joe Otter and further down the Smiling Pool where Little Joe Otter and the otter children love to slide and dive.
As you read to your child the woodland creatures start to come alive. The creatures of the woodlands welcome you.
Woodlands Table of Contents
- Woodlands Creatures from Thornton Burgess
- Little Joe Otter and the Smiling Pool
- River Otters: Playful Creatures of the Woodlands
- Chatterer the Squirrel and the Hollow Tree
- Squirrels of the Woodlands
- Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
- Last Child In The Woods
- The Nature of Unschooling
- Get 'em Outside (Youtube)
- Games to Play in the Woods
- Woodland Creature Puzzles
- Woodland Math Manipulatives
- Wild Animal Cards
- Exploring the Woodland Habitat
- Woodland Creature Petting Zoo
- Woodlands Animal Art
- Woodland Creatures in the News!
- El bosque: The Woodlands in Spanish
- Woodland Creatures are in the Four Wheeler's Online Unit Study Directory
- Look Who's Twittering about Woodland Creatures
- How do you teach about the Woodlands ?
- About the Author of this Lens
Woodlands Creatures from Thornton Burgess
Learn about the Forest and the animals that live there through the Books by Thornton Burgess
Thornton Burgess first published these books about creatures of the Woodlands and Old Mother West Wind in 1913.
You can now find these books in very inexpensive paperback with large type that makes them easy for Beginning Readers to read.
Most children can read them by the end of first grade.
The stories are about entertaining adventures of forest animals such as Jimmy Skunk, Paddy the Beaver and White Foot the Woodmouse.
My children particularly loved these books and read them over and over again.
The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel (Dover Children's Thrift Classics)
Delightfully told tale chronicles escapades of a bushy-tailed little mischief-maker who decides to leave the Green Forest for a new home, only to find that curiosity, carelessness and mistrust can lead to a heap of troubles.
Amazon Price: $2.50 (as of 11/25/2009) 
Adventures of Little Joe Otter
Old Mother West Wind has a lot of friends in the Green Forest, among them Reddy Fox, Happy Jack Squirrel, old Mr. Toad, Billy Mink, Little Joe Otter, and Jerry Muskrat. And, of course, she and the Merry Little Breezes (all members of her family) are always ready to help if trouble comes their way. And one day it does!
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Stuffed Woodland Creatures of The Green Forest
Dramatic Play & Imagination
Children's natural work is to imitate life around them. They use objects, actions and story lines to symbolize the things that concern them. In the process, they are building thinking skills and developing social, emotional and language skills. Dramatic play is a very important context for learning.
Soft plush toys, realistically looking and exceptionally detailed, are perfect toys for dramatic and imaginative play!
Chatterer the Red Squirrel
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Peter Cottontail
The ears tell the tale - this jackrabbit puppet's more...1 point
Old Grandfather Toad
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Whitefoot the Woodmouse
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Little Joe Otter
Our joyful river otter squiggles with delight when more...1 point
Woodland Habitat
The place where the forest animals live
You can increase the feeling of a woodlands' habitat by including a rug resembling a pond, a hollow tree, strings of falling leaves and the Laughing Brook. You might also like to add Grandfather Tree or a Hollow Tree Reading Nook from River Otters or an amazing puppet theater tree like the one at the Seminole Community Library above.
6 Strings of Fall Leaves
Fall Leaves hang from 7' long strings. Leaves have a metallic sheen and come in multiple colors, from golden, bronze to rust. Each leaf has detail and is approximately 3 1/2" long. (Leaves vary slightly from image. Colors are not two-tone and have deeper Fall colors with a metallic sheen.)1 point
The Laughing Brook
Forget vines...planks & tree stumps enable you to cross a raging river. Get up close & personal with gators, snakes, piranhas. This innovative brainteaser game (winner of 16 prestigous awards) is as challenging as they come. The jungle adventure theme makes it compelling to play. 40 challenge cards. A magnet in your feet makes moving the planks a snap. Finding your way all the way across...that won't be so easy! Includes travel bag. Ages 8 to adult.1 point
The Smiling Pool where Little Joe Otter swims
The Pond - Rectangle, by Carpets for Kids
When it's time to settle down, what could be more soothing than to gather around The Pond? The cool, calming colors and simple, broad design create the perfect home for Storytime, Quiet Time and all your group gatherings.
Rug dimensions: 4 ft. 5 in. W x 5 ft. 10 in. L
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Hollow Tree: Home of Chatterer the Red Squirrel
This plush Tree House with Friends Comes with Five 7" animals. Animals may vary from Tree House to Tree House but may include Fox, Squirrel, Raccoon, Bear, Bird or Koala. All made with very soft plush. Great for any young child. Great Value for all the pieces.0 points
Little Joe Otter and the Smiling Pool
Woodland Creatures at the Pond
Little Joe Otter and the Otter Twins love to swim in the Smiling Pool. You can easily turn you reading rug into a dramatic play center with several stuffed otters in a bin by the rug. Add a few stuffed fish and you will see the children acting out the stories that you have read to them while applying the knowledge of otters and the riverbank habitat.
River Otters: Playful Creatures of the Woodlands
Look for River Otters along the banks of Woodland Streams
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River Otters: Playful Friends of the Woodlands!
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Learn about River Otters through games and hands-on learning centers. Decorate your classroom with a Woodlands Riverbank Theme. Learn the habits of River Otters, the food they eat and how they raise their young. You will find suggestions for both fi...
Chatterer the Squirrel and the Hollow Tree
Woodland Creatures of the Upper Story
Chatterer the Red Squirrel and the Hollow Tree is another easily set up dramatic play center. Adding Sammy Jay and Mocker encourages the children to make up more stories with the characters they are learning about in the Thornton Burgess books.
I have a maple tree just outside the window where the squirrels love to scurry around and make nests in the spring. The children love to watch their activities so I have paper and pencils there for writing down their observations.
I have a plush hollow tree with a hole for Chatterer the Red Squirrel. Sammy Jay sits on the branch.
Squirrels of the Woodlands
Squirrels find their acorns in the Woods
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Acorns for the Squirrels
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Thanksgiving is coming and the squirrels are counting their acorns. Read tales of squirrels who are preparing for Thanksgiving by making place mats, toilet paper tube squirrels and other Thanksgiving decorations. What will they be thankful for and w...
Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
Help the Children get to know the Woodland Creatures
Fewer young people are experiencing the joy of playing outdoors and exploring nature, says a noted author, who shows how such neglect can be harmful and how programs like Scouting can help to reverse the trend.
Do today's kids have Nature-Deficit Disorder?
by Sarah Karnasiewicz
- Nature Deficit Disorder Tackled at Camp Filled with Power Tools, Danger for Kids : TreeHugger
- While there are plenty of reasons to be concerned about the lack of free time among children that's leading to nature deficit disorder, there's a summer camp called "Tinkering School" that aims to change all that by letting kids
- Do today's kids have "nature-deficit disorder"?
- Jun 2, 2005 | In the not-so-distant past, kids ruled the country's woods and valleys -- running in packs, building secret forts and tree houses, hunting frogs and fish, playing hide-and-seek behind tall grasses. But in the last 30 years, says journalist Richard Louv, children of the digital age have become increasingly alienated from the natural world, with disastrous implications, not only for their physical fitness, but also for their long-term mental and spiritual heath.
In his new book, "Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder," Louv argues that sensationalist media coverage and paranoid parents have literally "scared children straight out of the woods and fields," while promoting a litigious culture of fear that favors "safe" regimented sports over imaginative play. Well-meaning elementary school curricula may teach students everything there is to know about the Amazon rain forest's endangered species, but do little to encourage kids' personal relationship with the world outside their own doors. And advances in technology, while opening up a wealth of "virtual" experiences to the young, have made it easier and easier for children to spend less time outside.
Last Child In The Woods
Nature-Deficit Disorder
Jimmie not only reviews this book but helps us to understand just how much our children need nature in their lives.-
Last Child In The Woods
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People need nature - really need nature, not merely enjoy nature or benefit from nature. Children need experiences with nature just as they need sleep or healthy food. Why? Richard Louv spends much of his book Last Child in the Woods explaining exact...
The Nature of Unschooling
Woodlands Education
By teaching about the Woodland Creatures, children can once again become comfortable with nature and learn to love and appreciate the natural environment and protect the Woodland for the creatures who live there.
Get 'em Outside (Youtube)
Kids Can Identify 1000 Logos, only 10 Plants and Animals
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Books about the Woodlands and Woodland Creatures on Tape
How to Play Capture the Flag
The Woods can be a great place to play this game.
- How to Play CAPTURE THE FLAG
- Capture the Flag is a great game for Homeschoolers and other large groups of kids of mixed ages. Gather on the edge of the woods, agree on the boundries and you're all set for a great day in the woods. You might even see some woodland creatures as you are playing.
For more games check out Fun Educational Games.
The Peaceful Woodland Creatures Game
Children love to pretend to be Forest Animals when they play
The Peaceful Woodland Creatures Game: Make a board game with woods and a graph pattern overlaying it. Glue a Woodland scene or glue green felt to the board and use a permanent black marker and yardstick to make a grid on the felt. It could look like a checker board. Make pictures of various animals with their names printed underneath and glue them to squares of cardboard. Make a photo album with the same names and blank squares for the photo to go. Make large black squares to represent darkness. Use a wooden 1" natural block to make a die.
Use the river rocks for Fung Shui counters. Using natural materials gives a peaceful feeling. Put the flannel board trees around the board. Place the pictures of woodland creatures around the board. Roll two wooden dice and move the stones through the Peaceful Woodlands where they encounter woodland animals. Each time they get to an animal's home they get to collect a picture of the animal. Children work together trying to collect a picture of each of the animals and put them in the photo album before darkness. If you roll a number one darkness begins to fall and you must cover up one section of the board. Rolling a six means that you can uncover one section.
Garner Rix may have made up games like this.
These items can be used to make The Peaceful Woodland Creatures Game
Games to Play in the Woods
Play games with your child often. Play builds the imagination. Pretending, or imaginative play , is one of the cornerstones of childhood and not just for the youngest children. Children of all ages need to play. Play is the business of childhood, allowing the children free rein to experiment with the world around them and the emotional world inside them. Encourage imaginative play. Let children dress-up and make their own props. Let children create a world of their own and then join in on the play.
Woodlands bookmarks
Woodland Games
Each of these woodlands games will help children learn about different aspects of the Forest Habitat and the animals that live there. Set them up in centers or incorporate them into Literacy Bags.
Rivers, Roads, and Rails
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River Crossing
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Magnetic Weather Board
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Woodland Creature Puzzles
Putting together a puzzle helps children to see spacial relations, practice cooperative skills and gives them an opportunity to talk about the woodland creatures that are shown in this puzzle. As you assemble the puzzle it is fun to make up stories about the creatures. What were they doing just before the picture was painted, what are they doing in the picture and what will they do next?
- Gibsons Woodland Creatures
- Gibsons Woodland Creatures 1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle, Gibson Games, Puzzles & Learning - choosetoys.co.uk
Woodland Math Manipulatives
Handmade Bone Button-Button
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Wood Beads Abstract Cube 10mm /16 Inch Strand Wooden
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Czech Glass Beads Olivine Vitrail Leaf Leaves 5X10mm (50)
Amazon Price: $9.99 (as of 11/25/2009)
Wild Animal Cards
Time to Shuffle the Woodland Creatures Deck
By paying attention to the words, children can work on spelling and other language arts skills such as sorting the cards into piles of 1.2 and 3 syllable words.
Wild Animals Playing Cards
Amazon Price: $3.50 (as of 11/25/2009)
Games about Woodland Creatures on eBay
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Forest Animal Games: An Online ABC order Game
Hold the left mouse button down on a word and move it to the correct place in ABC order.
- Animals From Stranger In The Woods
- Online ABC order Game for First Graders
Woodland Water from the Smiling Pool or the Babbling Brook
Set up stations to explore water. Don't forget the bathtub and shower. What happens when you try the same thing with snow outdoors? How about on ice?
Collect water from a nearby brook, pool or even a rain puddle. Hold it up to the light and observe it very carefully. Make notes of what you see. Compare with others.
For more water related activities check out Frogs.
Exploring the Woodland Habitat
Learn about where the Forest Animals Live
The River Otters have lots more ideas related to rivers and water.
Nature Tube: River
Nature Tubes feature an assortment of phthalate-fr more...2 points
Step2 River Run Waterpark
Your child loves water - then this River Run Water more...1 point
Lessons from Mother Earth
Learn how to care for the Woodland Environment
Excerpt:
As we walked, Grandma talked. "I was taught that if you take more plants than you need, they will never grow back. But if you don't pick any and just leave them sitting year after year, they will slowly wither away and die. To pick just enough is the secret."
"While you're picking, say a little prayer thanking Mother Earth for these beautiful gifts. Be careful, Tess, that you don't trample the bushes, especially the berry bushes. Once they are trampled and broken, they don't grow again."
Linda Ludke highly recommends Lessons from Mother Earth as a good environmental discussion starter for primary grades.
Because of reading this book my children have learned to be more thoughtful and caring of the plants in the woodland habitat. We are starting a journal of various plants we see on our walks through the woods and plan to note when certain plants first come up in the spring, when they bud, flower and produce fruit as well as when they finally die down in the fall. It will be exciting to compare our observations as the years go by.
Lessons from Mother Earth
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Tree Rubbing
Learn about the trees that make up the forest where the animals live.
- Bark Rubbing
- Where did each leaf come from? Where do you think that leaf was in the canopy of the forest?
Why are some leaves fuzzy and others not? How does the fuzziness of a leaf affect its ability to hold water?
Why are some leaves pointed like a needle and others flat like paper?
How do each of these leaves capture rain drops?
Are all the leaves of one tree the same? How are they different?
Are any of the leaves discolored or missing a piece? What caused these irregularities in the leaf?
Fireflies, Fireflies, Light My Way
There is just one predictable line on each page making is a very good Beginning Reader.
To extend the story make cards of each of the animals and write their names below each picture. These cards can be used to:
1. Put them in order along the chalk rail to retell the story.
2. Put them in ABC order.
3. As reference on how to spell the words during Writing Workshop.
Fireflies, Fireflies, Light My Way (Picture Puffin)
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Adoptable Woodland Creatures!
Cute lil' AsciiArt pets taking over your Woodland Writings!
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This is Batty. Post her on any writing to assist her in getting the bugs out!
SQUIRRELLY
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This is Squirrelly. Post her on any writing to assist her in gathering up new words!
OTTERY
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This is Ottery. Post him on any writing to assist him in sliding in new ideas!
BUNNY
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This is Bunny. Post her on any writing to assist her in hopping into new styles of literature!
To adopt, simply let me know which one you are adopting by signing the guestbook at the bottom and then you can use your Adoptable Animals in any writing!
Woodland Creature Books
Favorite Books about Forest Animals
After reading these books to the children I like to make them available to take home in Take Home Literacy Bags.
Watching Water Birds (Watching Wildlife With Jim Arnosky) by Jim Arnosky
Naturalist Jim Arnosky's lively first-person text more...1 point
The Adventures of Reddy Fox (Dodo Press) by Thornton W. Burgess
Thornton Waldo Burgess (1874-1965) was a conservat more...1 point
The Hobbit: 70th Anniversary Edition
A new edition of The Hobbit with a short introduct more...1 point
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1) by J.K. Rowling
Read by Jim Dale8 hours 17 minutes, 6 cassettesHar more...1 point
My Side of the Mountain Trilogy (My Side of the Mountain / On the Far Side of the Mountain / Frightful's Mountain) by Jean Craighead George
In 1959, Jean Craighead George published My Side o more...1 point
Redwall (Redwall, Book 1) by Brian Jacques
A special release of one of the most beloved fanta more...1 point
Woodland Creature Petting Zoo
Little Interactable Creatures!
To play with Howler the Gray Wolf and learn about wolves and its habits, like being a nocturnal predator, click on his picture. To feed him, click "more" in the bottom right corner and then click the steak. Hold it above Howler and he will snap at it. Don't forget to come back to this page and play with other animals!
To play with Winsome Bluebird and learn about bluebirds and their feeding habits, click on her picture. To feed her, click "more" in the bottom right corner, click the chick feed, and click again to tip it over. Winsome drills it up like a woodpecker! Don't forget to come back to this page and play with other animals!
To play with Prickly Porky Porcupine and learn about hedgehogs, click on his picture. To feed him, click "more" in the bottom right corner, click the strawberry, and click on his mouth. He will nibble on it each time you click! Don't forget to come back to this page and play with other animals!
To play with Spotty the Turtle and learn about turtles, click on his picture. To feed him, click "more" in the bottom right corner, click the worm, and click on his mouth. He only eats while he's in the water, so click on the water to make him go down from the rock. Don't forget to come back to this page and play with other animals!
Write Your Own Story about Your Favorite Woodlands Creature
IlluStory Make Your Own Story Kit
Most educators now use the Writing Process to teach children how to write. Children learn to write by focusing on the process of creating writing rather than the end product. When writing, students utilize the stages of the writing process which include prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing. Prewriting is the planning and idea-gathering stage. Drafting refers to time spent composing a rough draft. Revising is the process of improving the draft. Students reread their work and share it with a partner or small group; they then make changes in the writing based on the feedback from their peers. Editing is the process of correcting mechanical errors. Publishing is done when the work is in final form and ready to be shared. (Information gathered from North Central Regional Educational Laboratory)
Once the children have taken a story through these stages they are ready for publishing and "IlluStory Make Your Own Story Kit" makes publishing simple. To publish the child simply uses the markers and special book pages included in the kit or the book can be made entirely online using Internet drawing and writing tools. The completed story pages are mailed in the postage paid envelope provided. In just a few short weeks you'll receive back a professionally typeset, hardbound book even includes a title, dedication page and "About the Author" biography page to give it a truly professional touch, ready to display in your classroom library and sturdy enough for the school library. At the end of the year parents will want it to proudly display on their coffee tables.
IlluStory is a multi-award winning activity kit and perennial best seller because few products, if any, can build as much self esteem and excitement for reading and writing. The quality of the finished book is a tremendous value and rewards any level of effort. Extra books can be ordered and are the ultimate gift for family and friends, especially since each can be separately dedicated to the recipient. Ages 5 and up.
IlluStory Make Your Own Story Kit
Amazon Price: $19.95 (as of 11/25/2009)
Woodlands Animal Art
Learn How to Draw Woodland Creatures
How to Draw Forest Animals
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Thornton Burgess tells tales about the Forest Animals
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River Otters: Playful Friends of the Woodlands!
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Learn about River Otters through games and hands-on learning centers. Decorate your classroom with a Woodlands Riverbank Theme. Learn the habits of River Otters, the food they eat and how they raise their young. You will find suggestions for both fi...
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Whitefoot the Wood Mouse: A Mouse Unit Study
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Whitefoot welcomes homeschoolers, teachers, parents and children to turn into mice, scurry through the tunnels and sniff out learning opportunities in every corner. Whitefoot the Wood Mouse welcomes everyone to his nest where learning never ends. He...
El bosque: The Woodlands in Spanish
¿Qué es un bosque?
When learning about the woodlands it is easy to include lessons in Spanish. Add words in Spanish to label the Woodland's bulletin board and add Word Wall chants in Spanish to your daily routine.
- El bosque
- ¿Te gustaría dar un paseo con nosotros por el bosque? ¿Te animarías? ¡Imagínate nomás! Ahí encontraremos diferentes aromas: perfumes de hierbas y flores, olores de animales y de tierra húmeda. También escucharemos sonidos agradables: el rumor del viento entre las copas de los árboles, los pasos de los animales sobre la hojarasca, el trino de los pájaros, y hasta el latido de nuestro corazón.
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Woodland Creatures are in the Four Wheeler's Online Unit Study Directory
Thank you to the Four Wheelers for including the Woodland Creatures in their Online Unit Study Directory.
- Internet Directory of Unit Studies
- The Four Wheelers Internet Directory of Unit Studies contains a list, roughly arranged by subject, of links to unit studies that are published on the Internet.
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- PoppaPanda
- Louder than a box of assorted woodland creatures (Now with extra voles).
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- RhianAlyssa
- rhian is making chicken for herself & the mutt.. & any magical fairy woodland creatures that wana come through the garden door for dinner.
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- LamontKingtv
- @lama_j I was there for that! They were ready for war--on small woodland creatures. I think big brother William Tell was there
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- annabananafish
- @sea_of_shoes magical? were you dressed by a bunch of singing woodland creatures a la cinderella (please say yes)
How do you teach about the Woodlands ?
Which ideas here intriged you?
Please let my know by leaving a comment here. Tell me about your favorite animal or teaching idea. Don't forget the stars at the top and if you lensroll this page or add it to your favorites please let me know so that I can reciprocate.
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- RuntFarmSeries RuntFarmSeries Nov 14, 2009 @ 2:49 pm
- Evelyn, I just got started with my first lens and am so impressed by the genuineness and creativity of yours! Lensrolling this and Frog Unit Study to the Runt Farm series. So many children already must have benefited from your efforts. Thank you! 5 Stars!
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- TrueGhostTales TrueGhostTales Jun 3, 2009 @ 5:05 pm
- Very beautifully done!
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- Whatnerve Whatnerve May 23, 2009 @ 5:12 am
- Some great old pictures. I'm sure I remember one from when I was a child.
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- SherryHolderHunt SherryHolderHunt Apr 14, 2009 @ 10:48 am
- Your lenses are always fantastic! Love this one, rolling it to my EZ Doodle and Tennessee Parks lens. Thank you for the wonderful suggestion, I often for get to submit my lenses to groups. 5*s
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- EchoTarpeian EchoTarpeian Dec 18, 2008 @ 3:58 am
- Evelyn, you are truly amazing! we love your lens and I am featuring it along with your Frog Unit in a new module, the Children's Corner of Planet Earth: Our Garden of Eden:) Thanks for all you do for Squidoo!!! Happy Holidays to you, Echo
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About the Author of this Lens
Evelyn's Hands-On Learning Blog.
I love being in the woods quietly looking for little creatures.
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Evelyn Saenz: Lensography of a Teacher
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