Mid-Autumn Moon Cake Teaching Plan in Kindergarten Class 1 Activity Target
1, I know that moon cakes are food for the Mid-Autumn Festival. Through observation and tasting, I know that there are various kinds of moon cakes.
2, can express their findings and feelings in a more complete language.
3. Experience the joy of sharing moon cakes with your companions.
Activities to prepare
1, children each have a piece of moon cake (bring your own, different varieties).
2. Teachers prepare Soviet-style and Cantonese-style moon cakes and a fruit knife.
Activity process
First, observe the moon cakes on the plate and communicate with your companions.
1 What's on the plate?
2. What are they like?
3. How does it smell?
Second, observe the stuffing of moon cakes and know that there are various kinds of moon cakes.
1, guess the stuffing of moon cakes, and stimulate interest in further activities.
2. Observe the cut moon cakes and know that the fillings of moon cakes are various.
(1) Take a closer look at the mooncakes.
(2) Have you ever eaten these flavors of moon cakes? Tell me what it tastes like.
Third, expand your experience and introduce the moon cakes you have seen or eaten.
What kind of moon cakes have you eaten? Tell us about them.
Fourth, taste moon cakes and experience the happiness shared with your companions. Guide children to know that moon cakes are the favorite food for Mid-Autumn Festival. )
Mid-Autumn Moon Cake Teaching Plan for Kindergarten Class 2 Activity Objectives:
1, exercise the flexibility of hand movements, encourage children to create boldly and cultivate imagination and creativity.
2. Understand the process of making moon cakes and practice skills such as "grouping, pressing, kneading, engraving and printing".
3. Feel the joyful atmosphere of Mid-Autumn Festival.
4. Develop children's observation, analysis and hands-on abilities.
5. Develop a good quality of dare to think, dare to do, be diligent and enjoy learning.
Activity preparation:
Physical mooncakes, music "Grandpa Beats Mooncakes for Me", dough for making mooncakes, mooncake cards of various shapes, and rice cookers.
Activity process:
1, organize children to sit and listen to the song "Grandpa hits moon cakes for me" to stimulate children's interest in activities.
2. The teacher asks: What shapes of moon cakes have you eaten? What do they taste like? What's in it?
3. Show mooncake cards of various shapes for children to observe, and then ask: "Would you like to make mooncakes, children? Now the teacher teaches you to make moon cakes. "
4, the teacher explained while demonstrating the practice of moon cakes:
(1), knead the dough first, dough it by hand, press it, and then wrap the stuffing, hold the skin with one hand, and wrap it along the edge of the skin with the other hand and pinch it tightly.
(2), children's production put the wrapped dough into the model, press it, and then knock it out.
Teachers tour to teach children the skills of group, pressing, kneading, engraving and printing, and guide children to make moon cakes with different shapes.
5. Put the moon cakes into the steamer of the rice cooker and steam them.
6. Play games, wait for the moon cakes to be steamed, and use the pictures for secondary classification: ask the children to find out the moon cakes with different sizes and put them in one basket, then put the square moon cakes with different sizes in another basket, and then ask the children to give the round moon cakes with different sizes to two children, and then give the square moon cakes with different sizes to two other children.
7. Let's taste the moon cakes made by ourselves.
Mid-Autumn Moon Cake Teaching Plan in Kindergarten Class 3 Activity Purpose:
1, I know that moon cakes are food for the Mid-Autumn Festival, and I know that there are various kinds of moon cakes.
2. Describe your feelings and findings in complete language.
3. It becomes more and more fun to share with your friends.
Activity preparation:
1, moon cakes (one for each child)
2. Su Shi, Cantonese moon cakes and fruit knives
Activity process:
1, observe moon cakes and discuss with each other.
Teacher: Children, take a look at what's on the plate. What are they like? Smell it. How does it feel?
2. Observing the stuffing of moon cakes, we know that moon cakes have various flavors.
Teacher: Please have a look at what's in the moon cake. Have children ever eaten moon cakes of this taste? Tell me what it smells like.
3. Ask children to talk about the moon cakes they have eaten.
Teacher: What other flavors of moon cakes have the children eaten and seen?
4. Have a taste
Children taste moon cakes and experience the fun of sharing. And know that moon cakes are food for Mid-Autumn Festival.
Mid-Autumn Moon Cake Teaching Plan in Kindergarten Class 4 Activity Purpose:
1, listen to the song, understand the lyrics, and feel the emotions expressed by the song.
2. Use actions and sounds to express feelings about songs.
Activity preparation:
1, the song "Grandpa hits moon cakes for me"
2. Scene performance of teaching plan in kindergarten middle class
Activity process:
1, listen to the song, and feel the meaning of the song.
Teacher: How do the children feel after listening to this song?
2. Listen again and get a preliminary understanding of the lyrics.
What is this song about?
3. Watch the scene performance while listening to the song, and further feel the content expressed by the song.
Let the children feel grandpa's love for the baby.
4. Use actions and sounds to express your understanding of songs.
Mid-Autumn Moon Cake Teaching Plan in Kindergarten Class 5 Activity Purpose:
1, learn to make moon cakes with the action of grouping and pressing.
2. Be willing to participate in group activities and experience the pleasure of success.
Activity preparation:
1, plasticine, bricklayer, doll, plate
2. Game shelves
Activity process:
1, tell stories to arouse children's interest.
2. Children communicate and discuss with each other.
Teacher: Everyone has seen moon cakes. Please tell us what they are like. How is it made?
3. Teachers demonstrate that only mooncakes are made, and children observe them carefully to master the use of materials and the production process.
(1) Know how to use the materials.
(2) Watch the teacher's demonstration carefully and master the whole production process.
4. Make moon cakes by hand
Teachers tour around to guide children to make moon cakes only by means of group and pressing, and remind children not to press hard.
5. Enjoy moon cakes
Please send the moon cakes with good shapes and clear patterns to the game shelves.
Mid-Autumn Moon Cake Teaching Plan in Kindergarten Class 6 Activity Objectives
1, guide children to feel the festive atmosphere and experience the fun of labor.
2. Cultivate children to appreciate and learn to sing songs in activities.
3. Guide children to know the custom of eating moon cakes in Mid-Autumn Festival. Learn to appreciate the key and difficult points and learn to sing. Prepare moon cakes, tape recorders, tapes, plasticine, etc.
Activity process
(a) the beginning:
Show moon cakes to arouse children's interest in learning.
(2) Basic part:
1, the teacher shows the moon cakes, watches and tastes all kinds of moon cakes, and asks the children to tell the shape of the moon cakes and the taste of the moon cakes they like.
2. Teachers and children discuss: What festival to eat moon cakes? How do people celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival? Let children know that they eat moon cakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and guide them to feel the festive atmosphere of family reunion, joy and warmth during the activities.
3. Ask children to enjoy the song "Making Mooncakes".
4. The teacher plays the song "Making Mooncakes".
5, the teacher explained the rhythm of the song, knowing that it is a song with 42 beats, and the teacher and the children play the rhythm of 42 beats together.
6. Teach children vocal exercises.
7. Teachers play the piano and teach the song "Making Mooncakes", focusing on letting children feel the rhythm of music with four or two beats.
8. Ask children to listen to the recording of songs, enjoy music and feel music.
(3) The concluding part:
* * * Discuss the method of making moon cakes, and teach children to make moon cakes in the next class. Supplement and modification
Mid-Autumn Moon Cake Teaching Plan in Kindergarten Class 7 Activity Objectives:
1. Know the origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival, experience the festive atmosphere, and know the traditional custom of eating moon cakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
2. Understand the process of making moon cakes, and develop skills such as grouping, pressing, cutting and buckling. Can choose small comb and other auxiliary tools to carve patterns.
3. Let children use their imagination, decorate the surface of moon cakes with waste materials, and cultivate their innovative ability.
Activity preparation:
1. plasticine, 3-4 moon cakes with different shapes and patterns.
2. Hand a mason's tools, tools for engraving and printing (small combs, bottle caps, etc.) and waste newspapers.
3. Sunflower seeds, peanuts, millet, rice, mung beans and other miscellaneous grains, petals, leaves and so on.
Activity process:
I. Import activities
Teachers use questions and riddles to let children know the custom of eating moon cakes in Mid-Autumn Festival, which arouses children's interest in making moon cakes.
(1) "Do children know what this is? (Moon cakes) When do you eat moon cakes? (August 15th) What festival is this day? Why do you want to eat moon cakes? On Mid-Autumn Festival, we have the custom of eating moon cakes, which are round and symbolize reunion. )”
(2) "Let's have a handicraft class today, and guess what to do? Let me guess a riddle for you to remind you,' round and square, sweet and fragrant; It is rare at ordinary times, but it is used in the Mid-Autumn Festival. " Children are very clever, that is, moon cakes. Today, let's make moon cakes together.
Second, the teacher shows several "moon cakes" that have been made for demonstration and explanation. Children observe the materials for making moon cakes, talk about the methods and skills used, and mobilize the enthusiasm of children for making moon cakes. "The teacher has made some moon cakes here. Let's enjoy them together. Pay close attention to the color, shape and material of the teacher's moon cakes. This moon cake is made of mud. What shape is it? (Round) The colorful patterns made of plasticine on it are very beautiful. The edges around the moon cakes are cut with plastic knives. This moon cake is made of plasticine, surrounded by grains such as millet and mung beans and patterns made of petals and leaves, which makes my moon cake more beautiful. I really want to have a bite!
Third, the teacher gives each child a piece of mud or plasticine and an old newspaper. The teacher leads the children to learn skills such as group, pressing, cutting and buckling first, so as to lay a good foundation for the children to make moon cakes freely. "The teacher has prepared a piece of mud (plasticine) and a newspaper for each child. I will teach the children how to make a simple moon cake first. Everyone should study hard." "Spread the newspaper on the table first, so as not to get the table dirty. Put the mud in the palms of both hands, rub it hard with the palms, knead the mud into a ball, put the spherical mud on the newspaper, press it hard with the palms, and press the mud into a flat circle. Use a plastic knife to cut out small laces on the edge of the mud, and everyone can practice freely.
Fourth, children have mastered the basic steps and essentials of making moon cakes through preliminary study. Teachers prepare sunflower seeds, millet, mung beans, petals, leaves and other waste items for children, and encourage children to boldly imagine trying to make moon cakes with various patterns.
"I have prepared a lot of materials for you. You can imagine freely and make your imaginary moon cakes. You can change them in shape, pattern and size. Be careful that they must be different from others." Encourage children to make moon cakes according to their own ideas, and use materials creatively, such as choosing small combs, bottle caps, snowflakes and other auxiliary tools to carve patterns. )
5. Hold the "My Moon Cake Most Beautiful Competition", and let children discover the innovations of other children through appraisal.
"Please let the children come on stage to introduce their own moon cakes, and take a closer look at the differences between their own moon cakes and others'. Later, we will choose who makes the most beautiful moon cakes."
Sixth, extended activities: eat moon cakes with my family.
Mid-Autumn Moon Cake Teaching Plan in Kindergarten Class 8 Activity Purpose
1 Get to know the significance of Mid-Autumn Festival and feel the festive atmosphere.
2. Experience the joy of performing and tasting moon cakes with peers and parents.
Activities to prepare
1, please bring some moon cakes and other food for each child.
2. Send an invitation letter to invite parents to participate in the activity.
Activity process
1, talk, import activities.
Teacher: Today, all the children brought moon cakes and many delicious foods, and also invited their parents. Do you know what festival it is today? Why do you eat moon cakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival? Guide children to talk freely.
Teacher's Summary: Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional festival in China. People will eat moon cakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival to show reunion.
2. Program performance.
Teacher: Today, our parents came to the kindergarten to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with us. Are you happy? Let's perform some programs for them!
Children perform individually and collectively, and encourage children to perform with their parents.
3. Taste moon cakes.
Let's taste moon cakes together. Encourage children to introduce the shape and taste of moon cakes to each other, and encourage them to give moon cakes to each other.
Activity reflection
Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional festival in China. In order to make children feel the festive atmosphere better, we specially invited parents to participate in the activities. Parents have prepared all kinds of moon cakes and food for their children, and they can all take an active part in the activities. Through this activity, children have a preliminary understanding of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and experienced the happiness shared with their peers and parents.
Content evaluation
Teacher Lu Haixia organized a small class moral enlightenment education activity "Moon is full, Mid-Autumn Festival is happy"
Today's activities were very successful. Children and parents were very involved, and the attendance rate of parents was also very high. Only a few parents did not participate.
Some children can't obey the rules well, which affects the effect of the whole activity. We should strengthen the cultivation of children's awareness of rules.
The atmosphere of the whole activity is very active, but the programs performed by children can be richer and the quality can be higher. You can also play some games properly to enhance the fun of the activity.
Because there are many people attending the activity, we should choose a bigger activity place to get better results.
Mid-Autumn Moon Cake Teaching Plan in Kindergarten Class 9 Activity Objectives
1 Knowing that August 15th is the Mid-Autumn Festival, I have a preliminary understanding of the origin and customs of the Mid-Autumn Festival.
2. Willing to communicate boldly in front of the group.
3. Experience the happiness of the Mid-Autumn Festival with peers and teachers.
Activities to prepare
Mid-Autumn Festival finger game and story "the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon"
One moon cake for each child.
Activity process
First, introduction and finger games arouse children's interest
Mid-Autumn Festival I'll count.
Chang 'e rabbit comes to dance.
The moon is round and the moon cake is big.
Tuan Tuan Yuan smiles.
Second, ask questions
Teacher: One day every year, the moon is the roundest and brightest. Do you know when?
Summary: Every year on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, the moon is the roundest and brightest. This day is called Mid-Autumn Festival, which is a traditional festival in our country. On this day, the whole family will get together, enjoy the moon and eat moon cakes together. Do the friends know how the Mid-Autumn Festival came about? Let's take a look together.
Third, play the animated short film "the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon"
Understand the origin of the legendary Mid-Autumn Festival by appreciating the story the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon.
Fourth, taste moon cakes
1 What shall we eat on Mid-Autumn Festival?
2. Observe the moon cakes on the plate and communicate with your peers.
Teacher: What shape is the moon cake on the plate? How does it smell and feel?
3. Observe the stuffing of moon cakes
Observing the cut moon cakes, we know that there are various fillings in the moon cakes.
4. Taste moon cakes and experience the happiness of the Mid-Autumn Festival with teachers and companions.
5. Share the moon cakes you have eaten or seen.
Teacher: What kind of moon cakes did you just eat? What other moon cakes have you seen? Tell us about them!
Mid-Autumn Moon Cake Teaching Plan in Kindergarten Class 10 Activity Objective:
1 Know that the Mid-Autumn Festival is on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month every year, and experience the happiness of national festivals.
2, like national festivals, understand simple holiday customs and related folklore.
3. Know the meaning of eating moon cakes and experience the joy of sharing.
4. Feel the fun of participating in Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations by participating in the creation of holiday environment.
5. Read the story, observe the picture carefully, and boldly express your understanding of the story.
Activity preparation:
1, each child prepares a piece of moon cake and asks parents to tell their children the name of the moon cake.
2. Folk story "the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon"
Activity process:
1. By discussing the changes of the moon, let the children know that the 15th day of August in the lunar calendar is the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is a folk festival in our country.
Second, introduce the origin of Mid-Autumn Festival, and let the children know that Mid-Autumn Festival is also called Reunion Festival.
Third, understand people's activities in the Mid-Autumn Festival. Q: How did you spend the Mid-Autumn Festival? Do you like the Mid-Autumn Festival? Why?
Fourth, observe the moon cakes and experience the joy of the festival by sharing them.
1 There are many kinds of moon cakes. Who would like to introduce your own moon cakes? -guide the children to introduce from the shape, color and taste.
2. Why are moon cakes round?
3. Teacher's summary.
Fifth, share moon cakes.
Activity reflection:
The lesson of "Understanding Mid-Autumn Festival" is difficult for children in small classes, and children basically don't understand the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon's story, but most of them know that it's time to eat moon cakes on holidays, which represents family reunion.
Mid-Autumn Moon Cake Teaching Plan for Kindergarten Class11[Activity Objective]
1.Try to make "moon cakes" by reunion and flattening, and print patterns with auxiliary materials.
2. Participate in activities happily and experience the happiness of success.
3. Simply understand the origin of the festival and know its full name, date and significance.
4. Know the main celebration activities of people during festivals.
[Activity preparation]
1.One mud, one bricklayer, one plastic doll and six small plates.
2. Shelves for children to play supermarket games.
3. Children have known moon cakes.
[activity process]
1.The story leads to the topic, which arouses the interest in making "moon cakes".
2. Transfer existing experience, exchange and discuss.
Guidance: We have all seen moon cakes. Who will tell us what they look like? How is it made?
3. Observe the teachers' making of "moon cakes", and know how to use the materials and the making process.
(1) Know the materials and know how to use them.
(2) Observe the teacher's demonstration and understand the production process.
4. Feel free to try to make moon cakes. (Teachers tour to guide children to master the methods of reunion and flattening, reminding children not to use too much force when pressing, and the patterns should be clear. )
5. Appreciate the "moon cake" made by yourself and experience the happiness of success. Teachers guide children to observe the "moon cakes" with good shapes and clear patterns, and ask them to send them to the "supermarket". )
Teaching reflection:
This activity not only enriches children's knowledge and exercises their imagination, but also makes them feel the rich festive atmosphere of our traditional festivals!
Mid-Autumn Moon Cake Teaching Plan for Kindergarten Class 12 Design Intention:
Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the traditional festivals in China. Children are generally difficult to understand social knowledge such as ethnic customs. Teachers need to design appropriate lesson plans according to their special needs to let children accept knowledge through games and languages. At the same time, moon cakes are a must-eat thing in Mid-Autumn Festival, and children like to eat them very much. At this stage, children are very curious and want to make a moon cake by themselves. Children in small classes like to make it by hand, so I will link China folk customs with handicrafts, which can not only let children know about China folk festivals, but also satisfy them.
Activity objectives:
1, understand the origin, tradition and customs of Mid-Autumn Festival.
2. Know that moon cakes are round and have different tastes.
2. Be able to boldly share your thoughts in front of your peers.
3. Experience the joy of tasting moon cakes with your companions.
Activity preparation:
Material preparation: PPT courseware, the origin and customs of Mid-Autumn Festival, some traditional pictures, some pictures of moon cakes, and the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon's story video.
Experience preparation: I know the custom of eating moon cakes in Mid-Autumn Festival, and I know that moon cakes have many flavors.
Key point: know that moon cakes are round and have different tastes.
Difficulties: I will decorate the "moon cake" with various materials, and try to make moon cakes by tearing, sticking and grouping.
Activity process:
First, the situation is introduced to stimulate interest.
1, teachers create a situation in which kittens are going to open a moon cake shop, so as to fully arouse children's interest.
Teacher: Today, there is a little guest in our class. Let's meet her together.
Hello, I'm Mimi, the kitten. I'm very happy to be a guest in Class 2, Primary School. )
Teacher: Can you guess what Mimi is doing in our class? Let's listen to what Mimi says.
(It's almost the Mid-Autumn Festival. Do children want to know what the Mid-Autumn Festival is? Let me tell you now. (Play the stories, customs and legends of the Mid-Autumn Festival, or pictures, while the teacher says.) After the broadcast, (Kitty: I opened a moon cake shop and recently launched several kinds of moon cakes. I'd like you to try them. Children, would you like to help me try them? )
Teacher: Would you like to help Mimi eat his new moon cake?
Today, Mimi brought moon cakes to my class. Let's have a look.
Second, take a look and say.
Show the moon cakes in kind, observe the appearance of the moon cakes with teachers and children, and invite individual children to taste the moon cakes.
Teacher: What shapes are these moon cakes? What does it look like?
Teacher's summary: It turns out that moon cakes are round.
Third, taste and say.
Teacher: Mmm, it smells good. Who wants to taste it and tell us what it tastes like?
Teacher: Honey, what's the taste of the moon cake you ate?
Fourth, carefully observe moon cakes and know that moon cakes have various flavors.
Teacher: Oh, what's in your moon cake? Please observe it carefully and tell me what you find in it.
Teacher's summary: Everyone eats round moon cakes on Mid-Autumn Festival. They are five-kernel, fluffy and fruity, which are especially delicious.
Teacher: Children, how about the moon cakes made by Mimi? Let's thank Mimi for inviting us to eat moon cakes. Thank you, children of Class 2, do you want to learn how to make these delicious moon cakes?
Teacher: Honey, do you want to make moon cakes with your parents?
Now, let's play a game to warm up, and then make moon cakes (play Mid-Autumn Festival children's songs).
Fifth, play game music
Parents play games with their children.
Six, after the game, do manual work.
Teacher: All right, children. The game is over, and now we are officially making moon cakes. Next, please welcome our parents to make moon cakes with the babies.
Activity extension:
Children make moon cakes with their parents.
Mid-Autumn Moon Cake Teaching Plan in Kindergarten Class 13 Activity Design Background
I found that children are very interested in the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon's story during their reading time, and always ask questions. Therefore, I designed this activity to satisfy children's curiosity.
moving target
1, inspire children to feel the beauty in literary works, and express their feelings in various forms * * * with the joy of learning.
2, through telling and hands-on activities, cultivate children's imagination, creativity and oral expression ability, improve children's hands-on ability and team cooperation ability.
3. You can express your ideas in complete and coherent language and express them in various forms.
Teaching emphases and difficulties
Be able to express your ideas in complete and fluent language.
Activities to prepare
Courseware, tape recorder, drawing paper, brush, handmade materials
Activity process
Yinqu
1, children enter the classroom with music.
2. Show computer courseware to arouse children's interest and introduce topics in the form of conversation.
Second, explain and demonstrate
1, enrich children's vocabulary. Feel the beauty of the moon. What are the words to describe the moon?
2. Appreciate the story "the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon"
Through the teacher's explanation, let children know that there is no one on the moon. the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon is a beautiful biography.
Tell a story. Cultivate children's interest in literary works.
3, children tell. Guide children to imagine and discuss what kind of story will there be on the moon?
Cultivate children's imagination, creativity and oral expression ability by letting children talk about surgery. Children are required to express their ideas in coherent language. Teachers should encourage and praise children in time to build their self-confidence.
Three children's homework
1, children's hands-on activities "The Story on the Moon".
Through group activities, let children perceive the beauty of the moon in different forms.
Teachers should participate in children's activities and encourage children to actively participate and experience the happiness of learning together.
2. Evaluate children's works.
Show children's works and let them experience the happiness of success.
Mid-Autumn Moon Cake Teaching Plan in Kindergarten Class 14 Activity Purpose:
1, understand the basic shape of moon cakes-round.
2. Be able to draw the moon cakes in your heart.
3. Experience the fun of drawing beautiful moon cakes.
4. Be able to expand your imagination and introduce your moon cakes to your companions boldly and confidently.
5. Feel the joy of Mid-Autumn Festival.
Activity preparation:
Pencil, colored pen, eraser, drawing paper, adhesive tape.
Important and difficult points of activities:
Draw a regular circle and design the inside of the moon cake yourself.
Activity process:
First, import.
A few days ago, we had a happy Mid-Autumn Festival. How did the children spend it?
Children freely express their Mid-Autumn Festival.
Second, lead to moon cakes.
Wow, have all the children eaten moon cakes? So, what are the moon cakes like?
Well, it seems that the children have eaten different moon cakes. The teacher just came back from Rabbit's home. Rabbit told me that he didn't eat moon cakes on Mid-Autumn Festival. None of the animals in their forest have eaten moon cakes. Children, how can we help him?
Third, draw moon cakes for small animals.
Well, some children came up with the idea of buying moon cakes for small animals. The children are great, and they are willing to share our things with the small animals. However, the teacher here has a free one, and the small animals can also receive the children's wishes.
The children took out your's picture book. Let's draw a big beautiful and delicious moon cake on the paper and give it to the small animals. There are so many children in the class and no one draws one, so the small animals can eat enough, ok?
Fourth, draw moon cakes.
Fifth, comments.
Praise the moon cakes painted by the children, and don't criticize them unless there are serious mistakes.
Sixth, send moon cakes.
The children handed their moon cakes to the teacher, and the teacher sent them to the rabbit's house after school, so that he could give them to the small animals in the forest.