This is an ideal book for the Earth Day. It is a timelss children’s classic that uses the wit and rhyme to teach children about importance of protecting the environment and interconnectedness of humans, animals, and nature. We often use recycling as a main focus in elementary schools, but we really need to teach the affect of not only individual actions but also businesses/corporations as well.
For the Eart Day Lesson Plan – for grades 2-4 go to
http://tinyurl.com/869wclq
…”I am the Lorax who speaks for the trees
which you seem to be chopping as fast as you please.
But I’m also in charge of the Brown Bar-ba-loots
who played in the shade in their Bar-ba-loot suits
and happily lived, eating Truffula Fruits.
“NOW… thanks to your hacking my trees to the ground,
there’s not enough Truffula Fruit to go ’round.
And my poor Bar-ba-loots are all getting the crummies
because they have gas, and no food, in their tummies!
“They loved living here. But I can’t let them stay.
They’ll have to find food. And I hope that they may.
Good luck, boys,” he cried. And he sent them away.
I, the old Once-ler, felt sad
as I watched them all go.
BUT…
business is business!
And business must grow
regardless of crummies in tummies, you know….
Dr. Seuss
