Earthquake in the Early Morning

As the children arrived, they colored a picture of a family putting together an earthquake survival kit. We talked about the objects that were included in the kit, and I recommended that each child have one at their house just in case.

I summarized the twenty fourth book, Earthquake in the Early Morning, and asked the children a variety of questions about the book.

When we arrived at the part in the book where the tree house spun, each child received a Dizzy Pill (which is actually a Tootsie Roll) to help make them less dizzy. After eating their Dizzy Pills, the children were instructed to spin around three times, as if they were in the spinning tree house.

When we got to the part in the book where Jack wrote in his notebook, I showed the notebook I made that has all of Jack's notes in it.

At the meeting, each child built structures out of plastic building blocks, which served as our bricks. Afterwards, I asked the children if they thought their buildings would stay standing if an earthquake hit. The general consensus was that they would fall. 

When Jack and Annie gave their boots to two boys they met, each child decorated their own boot. I passed out pictures of boots, as well as sunflower seeds and Alpha-Bits cereal to decorate with.

When Jack and Annie walked home, they heard birds tweeting in the Frog Creek woods. I gave each child pictures of three different birds to color and cut out. Then, I helped them hole punch the birds and attach the birds to a hanger with yarn. The children loved these bird mobiles because they could hang them in their rooms!