Oh, this is such a wonderful book, which combines two of my favorite themes - the seasons and colors! Green on Green is a 2020 publication by Dianne White, with illustrator Felicita Sala.
Check this out for explorations with K-4 students. The rhyming, poetic text is beautifully chunked, naturally lending itself to sections and "parts" for small groups of students.
Yellow the flower.
Yellow the seed.
Yellow and black the buzzing bee.
Lemonade petals.
Sunflakes between.
Lemonade, sunflakes, and yellow on green.
Spring the meadow.
Spring the pond.
Spring the season of new birds' song.
So begins the book! Check out author Dianne White reading it here in this Youtube video.
The text offers space for multiple kinds of explorations. You and your students might create a shape or movement for each line, or for each section as a whole. It is a great springboard for playing with literal ideas and also poetic/abstracted expressions. As for music, may I suggest "Toufoula" by Ballaké Sissoko, Driss El Maloumi and Rajery?
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