9/07/2011

TREE: Bodhi
No specific gender.
Fits well into the indian context of the bodhi tree being the tree of knowledge.
The leaves of the tree come and take the kids to the tree.
The tree is the instigator of logical thought.
The questions and answers are triggered and generated by the kids.


First two spreads - common for all books
aah! so curious what ees!
whooosh
hello bodhi tree.
ah ok lets go.

SPACE:
Space - Star - Solar system - planets - earth - moon - humans in space

Space - what is in space, galaxy, milky way
Star - big ball burning, far away. sun is a star.
Solar System - what it is? surrounded by planets
Planets - names and order
Earth - earth is 3rd planet so humans live on it, spinning top analogy
moon - is it star?planet?moon goes around earth like earth around sun.
humans in space - astronauts, dogs in space, blah, blah.
CONCLUSION - aliens? yes.

EARTH
Layers - terrain - atmosphere - day/night - revolution

Layers - inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
Terrain - ocean, land, mountain, volcanoes
Atmosphere - gases in the air.
Day/night - day to night. one side day, other night
Rotation & revolution - day night happens because of
CONCLUSION - leaves take kids to bed because they are sleepy because it is night.

AIR -
Wind - atmosphere - air to breathe - sky - clouds- seasons - rainbows

Wind - what it is, you can feel it, moving air is wind - not gas
Atmosphere - layers, it is thick, it is air, and gas not farts, blanket analogy, protect from sun
Air - we breathe it. it be gas - allbody need
sky - it is blue. and colors of sky
clouds - are water
seasons - spring, summer, monsoon, winter
rainbow - what is?
CONCLUSION - A rainbow is a rare thing. yay for it

HABITATS
Poles - desert - forest - mountains - Rivers - Oceans - People.

Poles - north pole, polar bear, south pole - penguin, cold poles. desert
Desert - hot place, much sand, less water, camel
Forest - Lots of trees, different shapes sizes, aminals in it, tiger
Mountains - tallest places, old, yak, snow on top melts to make rivers
Rivers - Rivers into sea, river fish
Ocean - Water much, blue whale, many fish
CONCLUSION - ei insect men? ya ya here only in tree. take the next bird home.

WATER
Evaporation - condensation - clouds - rain - everybody needs water - water cycle - bye machi

Evaporation - water gets hot becomes water vapour into sky
Condensation - water becomes frozen cloud type
clouds - ah waow so cool
Rain - IT falls NOT bumping into mountains or any such other thing
Importance - everybody needs water humans, fish, aminals etc
Water cycle - whole thing happens again
CONCLUSION - ah so fish must be in sea. bye machi.

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