I just pulled off the bookshelf the lovely poetry collection The Tree That Time Built: A Celebration of Nature, Science, and Imagination by Mary Ann Hoberman and Linda Winston. I used several poems for an Earth Day dance project a few years back.
The poems can be used in 3rd-5th grade classes but also 6th/7th grade classes. Sharing the book with your school's science teacher can be a great way to start a conversation, and possibly do a joint project between dance and science (one of my favorite things to do).
The collection includes poems about trees, the Earth, ocean, animals, "hurt no living thing," and more. It is a well-selected, elegant group of poems. My favorite is the poem "Think Like a Tree."
The Tree That Time Built is one of my favorite collections of nature poetry to use for dance projects.
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