Arbor Day Fingerplay

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Instructions

* Arbor Day is usually celebrated the last Friday in April. Find out what day
it is celebrated in your state (www.arborday.org).
Sing the following song, making the appropriate gestures.
Once I planted a seedling (make a tiny space between fingers as if holding a
seedling; pretend to plant it)
And it grew (raise hands up)
And it grew (raise hands up)
Into an oak tree (spread hands wide like a canopy above head)
For you (point to child)
And you (point to child)
And you! (point to child)
More to do Outdoors: Plant a seedling.

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