"The Great Kapok Tree"

In conjunction with reading The Great Kapok Tree, and learning about the importance of saving our rain forests, and preserving both the beauty and natural habitats of the animals, we played a game of forest musical chairs.  Each chair represented a tree, and each child represented a different animal.  With the chopping down of each tree (the removal of a chair), more and more animals were deprived of their homes and natural settings.  As the children had to crowd into fewer and fewer chairs when the music stopped, they began to appreciate how the animals must feel when man cuts down their forests.