Thomas is a retired teacher living in Spring Hill, FL. He has education degrees from West Virginia University and a Ph.D. in Curriculum & Instruction from Penn State University, Tom has taught Environmental Sciences and Tropical Ecology at the high school level. At the university level, he taught Educational Psychology and supervised student teachers.
We’re back from the spring tour and now the new season begins: Gradmother Solth and how she got her smile. Grandmother Sloth is already published. I have to work on Grandmother Sloth activity book we give the teachers when Miss Jeanne and I do a reading. The activities are coloring pages, puzzles, and classification for the pre-K thru 1; Comprehension, Same and Different, and Inquiry activities for Grades 1 thru 6. My favorite activity is Same and Different . The activity defines the niche (job or role) of the rainforest animal in the story and explores to see if there are any animals in the eastern forests of the United States that have a similar niche. It’s important for elementary students to understand niche, or the role animals have in the environment. Mr. Tom, 7.15.10
