Student Activities: After listening to the biography of Aileen Fisher, students retell significant parts of her life. Students learn and recite one of the following poems to further understand her life. 1.Growing Up, 2.But Then, 3.In The Country.

Students complete an art project to show a stage/stages of growing up: 1. Time line of growth-birth to 6 years. 2. Losing a tooth. 3. What will I be/look like as a grownup. Next, students learn how families use the environment. From their own observations they share information about the characteristics of the environment during the four seasons, identify types of clothing people wear in different seasons of the year, and learn/recite one poem from each season. 1. Winter: a.Suddenly, b. December, c. Bears, d. Rain, e. Snowball Wind. 2. Spring: a. Time for Rabbits, b. Baby Chick, C. Spring Song, D. Knowing. 3. Summer: a. Fireflies, b. Butterfly, c.Windy Tree, d. Open House, e. Hayfield. 4. Fall: a. I like Fall, b. As Soon As It's Fall, c. Fall, d. Autumn Leaves.

The children create an appropriate piece of artwork for each season: 1. Collage snow scene, crayon resist 2. Painted spring scene, eggs in basket, baby chicks 3. Summer tree with swing 4.Torn paper leaves, tree.

Children learn season songs, movements in music class. Supplementary Fisher materials and film strips loaned from the Museum are read and viewed through the week.

Culminating Activities: Families, friends, and community view the children's art work which is part of the WIC Student Art Show. Children visit the Iron County Museum where they view the Aileen Fisher Exhibit and participate in three sectional presentations: Animal/bird search in the LeBlanc Wildlife Art Gallery, Making old-fasined dolls (clothespin, corncob, or stocking), Sing-along with basic fold dance movements. Children also have the opportunity to attend the Aileen Fisher Nature Workshop scheduled at the Museum in June.