In the last 3 months I've done some reading connected to the environment with four classes. All the books I used are available for free download at the EU Bookshop.
The first one was a story about Blossom and her friends, who live in a little town. Everything is great until Blossom comes to visit her friends and is hit by a car on a busy and dirty road. The kids manage to change the road into a beautiful clean and safe place. You can download the book here. We read this book in German.
Based on our reading, I asked the kids a few questions about the content and the environment - they had to write their opinions and find the correct answers in the text. Moreover, I gave the children a chance to draw an unhealthy street with a lot of cars and pollution (more popular part for drawing) and then a clean one, with trees and no pollution. I'll post here some pictures later.
This story inspired us to play a little theatre. We split the class in two groups and they chose parts in the story to perform. Again, a very popular activity with a great feedback from the children...
The second reading was about Mathias and Amadou. One boy from Europe and the other one from Africa. The main topic is to help those who need it and motivate children to support those in need. We read this story in English with a group of 6th graders. With a little help and seeing the illustrations, they were able to fully understand the story.
Our last reading was called Benny's a champion. A story about a boy who wanted to buy a new bicycle, supported by his father that consuming is important, and his cousin and a fox, who show him, that recycling is much more important and cheaper. At the same time the boys helped an old man to gain the meaning of life again. We read this story in German and I prepared some questions for the kids too. They as well drew some nice pictures connected to this story. I hope to post them too.
