W11+Apr+6

April 6

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**Location:** Crowder District Park - Heron Shelter =====

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**Leaders:** Sue and Susan =====

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**Book:** The Salamander Room, By Anne Mazer =====

**Participants Bring:**
 * Show-n-Tell: Bring one of your favorite things to tell us about.
 * Shoe box-sized Diorama Container (1 per child)

**Co-Leaders Bring:**
 * book - susan & sue
 * diorama supplies ...glue, lids - sue & susan
 * toy salamanders - susan
 * copies of tools pg 102 from Wonders of Wetlands - susan
 * Sieve items
 *  hoops - sue
 *  mesh material - sue
 *  needle & thread - sue & susan
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Water Viewer Items
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">??

**Lesson Plan:** 09:45 - Arrive. Kids play. Parents chat. 10:00 - Circle Time ---
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Name game
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Show-n-Tell

10:10 - Story Time ---


 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Review Animal Kingdoms and frog life cycle
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Read The Salamander Room
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Discuss Habitat.

10:30 - Snack Break

10:40 - Activity: Make a Salamander Room Diorama
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Each child can create a "room" for a small toy salamander inside a shoe box-sized container using materials we find in the woods.

11:00 - Break

11:10 - Construct Seives and Water Viewers
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Construction of Seives and Water Viewers will be demonstrated to group.
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Families can decide whether they want to construct items during book club or later at home.
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">To be will be used on April 13th during our "field" trip.

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