The Great Kapok Tree

LAST WEEK, we learned all about dependency and interdepency. In simple words, how we are all linked in one way or another and when something goes wrong, it affects us ALL. The survival of different species depends on the health of ecological systems that may be near or far away. We explored these complex relationships by reading the book The Great Kapok Tree.

Why Can't One Live Without the Other?

After reading the story we had J o el Stand in the middle of class and pretend to be the great Kapok tree. All of us where l i n k e d to him by a piece of string. We represented the different animals and e l e m e n t s that depend on the tree. There was even a little boy amongst us. Then, of a sudden, Joel (the tree) was CUT DOWN and by him falling... we all did. What a hard lesson that was!!