Tales With Tails: Storytelling The Wonders Of The Natural World

More than 60 multicultural tales from around the world combine with dozens of learning activities to help convey key scientific concepts such as adaptations, habitat, biodiversity, and interdependence, and to instill values like conservation, cooperation, sustainability, and empathy, encouraging children to become responsible stewards of the earth. The book includes storytelling instructions, guidelines for teaching ecological concepts, and methods for creating your own stories using environmental themes, proverbs, and quotes. It is a useful resource for educators in libraries, schools, zoos, camps, and environmental programs, with activities suitable for elementary and middle school levels.