Materials for Activity Cloth for altar or centering table Leaf name tags from the previous workshop, plus a few blank extras, and markers Basket for name tags Preparation for Activity Place the cloth and chalice on the altar or centering table. Set the name tags in the basket with a marker nearby.

Objects That Symbolize Benefits to Human, Wildlife, and the Planet Small cereal box (or other food container): Trees provide food for wildlife and humans Fan: Trees cool the air Umbrella: Trees provide shade from the sun Coffee filter: Tree roots filter out pollutants from rain and runoff Aspirin...

Oh let the rain feed the thirsty ground Sing me the song of life you sing Such a beautiful sound. (repeat) Additional Parts Rain come down, rain come down The understory, the understory On the ground level, the ground level Canopy, canopy Emergent! Emergent!...

Trout Are Made of Trees by April Pulley Sayre, text copyright 2008. Used with permission by Charlesbridge Publishing, Inc.Read the story dramatically and have fun with the sound effects! Trout are made of trees. In fall, trees let go of leaves, which swirl and twirl and slip into streams....

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 1, The Rainforest Song Optional: The Earth and Spirit Songbook and/or the CD Sailing with the Moon from the Jim Scott website Optional: A computer with Internet access Optional: Rhythm instruments, such as maracas, wood blocks, egg shakers,...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Story, "Trout Are Made of Trees" Preparation for Activity Read the story a few times so you will be comfortable delivering it. Review the discussion questions in the activity, and add some of your own if desired. Description of Activity Invite the...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 1, Helping Tree Metaphors Selection of objects (or pictures of objects) listed on Leader Resource 1, four or five of each Four or five small bags or baskets Preparation for Activity Plan how you will form four or five small groups.

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Workshop 1, Leader Resource 1, Rise Up for Trees / Team Up for Trees Preparation for Activity Choose one version of the ice-breaker (Rise Up or Team Up) to use for this workshop. Description of Activity Once you've introduced both versions of this...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Workshop 1, Leader Resource 2, Guided Imagery - Among the Trees Preparation for Activity Practice reading the guided imagery so that you will be comfortable leading it. Description of Activity Invite participants to make themselves comfortable and...

Materials for Activity Project plan developed in the previous workshop Preparation for Activity Make preparations as detailed in the project plan. Description of Activity By this workshop, the group will have identified a project and planned the elements needed to complete the project. In this...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Taking It Home Basket for name tags Preparation for Activity Download the Taking It Home section of this workshop to reflect the activities this group has done. Copy it as a handout for all participants. (You may wish to...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice, candle, and lighter or LED/battery-operated candle Newsprint, markers, and tape Chalice lighting words and "Our Covenant" from the previous workshop Preparation for Activity Select an area where the group can comfortably sit in a circle....

Materials for Activity Cloth for altar or centering table Leaf name tags from the previous workshop, plus a few blank extras, and markers Basket for name tags Preparation for Activity Place the cloth and chalice on the altar or centering table. Set the name tags in the basket with a marker nearby.

Standing like a tree (stand straight and tall) With my roots dug down (stomp each foot into ground with the words "dug" and "down") My branches wide and open (extend arms overhead and stretched out) Come down the rain (wiggle fingers as if they are raindrops) Come down the sun (hold arms overhead...

Category: Now I Can Breathe 100. Trees block these life-giving rays to cool the air beneath their branches. (What is sunlight?) 200. One large tree provides four people with a day's worth of this essential gas, critical for life on planet Earth. (What is oxygen?) 300....

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint and makers Leader Resource 2, Standing Like a Tree Optional: Computer with Internet access Preparation for Activity Watch a YouTube video of a kindergarten class singing "Standing Like a Tree" to familiarize yourself with the song....

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 1, Tree Jeopardy Answers and Questions Poster board and markers Optional: A computer with PowerPoint software, and a digital projector Preparation for Activity Create the Tree Jeopardy game on poster board....

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Story, "You're Saved by Something Green" Preparation for Activity Read the story, so you will be comfortable leading it. Review the discussion questions in the activity, and add some of your own if desired. Description of Activity Invite the...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Workshop 1, Leader Resource 2, Guided Imagery - Among the Trees Preparation for Activity Practice reading the guided imagery so that you will be comfortable leading it. Description of Activity Invite participants to make themselves comfortable and...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Workshop 1, Leader Resource 1, Rise Up for Trees / Team Up for Trees Preparation for Activity Choose the ice-breaker that you didn't do in the last workshop. Read the resource and practice giving clear instructions, so you will be comfortable...