Our Children’s House elders are participating in the Roots and Shoots program for their Writers’ Workshop this year. Roots and Shoots is a writing program created by Jane Goodall’s daughter Angel in tribute to her mother. The program focuses on empowerment and an understanding that anyone can make a difference if you persevere and care!
Their focus is on learning about and paying tribute to change makers, beginning with sharing the story of change-maker, Jane Goodall. The classes recently completed a group book about Jane Goodall. They read Me…Jane by Patrick McDonnell and Jane Goodall: A Champion of Chimpanzees by Sarah Albee and shared their favorite moments from the books. Each writer picked two interesting facts that they learned about Jane and wrote and illustrated them for the book.
They are so proud of their work together and each child will receive a copy to bring home with them. We love this as a journey to practice handwriting and bookmaking, all while demonstrating their knowledge of Jane Goodall and her impacts on our natural world. We can’t wait to see the future projects in store for our Children’s House elders.
