Would you like to add fun, literature based childrenís and family programs that capitalize on nature and the Adirondacks? Try "Stories Naturally" a program I'm offering through Nature On The Move. 'Stories Naturally" uses great pieces of childrenís contemporary literature as a spirng board to hands-on and minds-on adventures in learning. Itís not your usual story hour!

The one hour, Stories Naturally cost $100/one hour program+mileage and $1.00/child for materials. Programs are best suited for preschool-early elementary audiences. I usually provide things like gluesticks, crayons, markers, tape and scissors but anything such as the construction paper needed for books etc is extra. Cost of materials, though dependent on size of group, usually does not exceed $20.00. 

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Stories Naturally

Lois Ehlert
     Nuts To You    Meet a squirrel that likes to try out new places
     Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf     Share in the story of a sugar maple
     Planting a Rainbow     We'll plant our own rainbow, a rainbow of flowers
     Waiting for Wings     Butterflies

Jim Arnosky
      Beaver Pond, Moose Pond     A beaver dam can turn a meadow into something new

Joanne Ryder
      Each Living Thing     Each living thing has its special place. Be aware. Take care.
      A Fawn in the Grass     The world comes alive with creatures and treasures big and  
                                      small as wetake a walk through this story
      The Snailsí Spell     What's it like to be the size of a snail?

Kurt Cyrus
      Oddhopper Opera     We'll meet all manner of creepy crawlies in this garden of verse

Nancy Luenn
      Squish     A wetland is not just a "squishy" place to walk; its a place to look and listen

Margaret Carney
      The Biggest Fish in the Lake     Can you find the biggest fish in the lake?
 
 

Of Special Interest in Fall
Wild Child by Lynne Plourde
     join Mother Earth as she attempts to put her "wild child" autumn to bed
Every Autumn Comes A Bear by Jim Arnosky
     all about bears and getting ready to go to sleep
When Winter Comes by Nancy Van Laan
     what happens to plants and animals when winter comes

Of Special Interest in Winter
Dear Rebecca, Winter is Here by Jean Craighead George
     journaling and the progressive changes in the season to the winter solstice
Snow by Uri Shulevitz
     how animals and plants alike take advantage of the transformation snow brings to the landscape
Winter Waits by Lynne Plourde
     all the things that make winter, winter snow, cold, frost, ice make their own works of art