We reread the Lorax and talked about the ways we are already helping him. Our composting project is going well. Each classroom has a green bin for collecting waste during the day, and then we dump it into our garden compost. We also are feeding the birds with repurposed milk jugs and carefully sorting items into trash and recycling. We are hoping to cut down on a lot of waste leaving LBS!
We are using coffee filters, markers, and water to create pretty Earth images. Since we learned that the Earth is mostly water, there will be a good bit of blue on them! The green represents the land, which is where we live. Using a spray bottle of water, we misted our coffee filter Earths and watched the marker spread. They look realistic now! We were excited to listen and watch a song from “The Lorax!” We pointed out the differences in the fictional Thneedville and real-life Beaufort/Port Royal such as our flowers aren’t made of plastic. We also don’t start glowing when we’ve been swimming because our pools aren’t full of yucky chemicals! We wrote the Lorax a letter letting him know what changes we have already made to our lives to protect the Earth. We also made predictions about more things we will do to help him. He will be happy! Maybe he’ll bring us some Truffula seeds to plant! We will be taking over some of the front garden and planting some herbs and vegetables. We’ll be digging and playing with the soil, so please make sure we wear clothes that you don’t mind getting dirty. We really enjoyed visiting with the Riverview kindergarteners! They were working on a service project, so after they read to the little children, they sang to us in Spanish. Eight of our friends from the pre-k class last year came and were so happy to see us. After that special visit we got to work being gardeners. The book “The Curious Garden” illustrated how when people work together, they can make huge improvements in their environment. We took ice cream cones, filled them with dirt, and pressed flower seeds into them. We will keep the fragile seeds safe inside until they start to grow. Once they sprout we will be able to plant them (ice cream cone and all) in a plot in the front garden. We went on a litter walk through our neighborhood to pick up trash. We found so much just in a couple blocks! It was so neat to see the children be so enthusiastic about cleaning our community. We wore gloves and spoke multiple times about only picking up items we recognized and weren't sharp, and the children were very conscious of this. In Spanish this week we reviewed emotions (feliz, triste, enojado, cansado) and numbers (they were introduced to addition expressions in Spanish such as seis y seis son doce or 6+6=12). We also did calendar activities: Hoy es lunes, Es abril, Hace sol, y Es primavera (Today is Monday, It's April, It's sunny, it's spring!) THE SANDS FIELD TRIP- next Friday April 15 Mr. Bender will be presenting a critter lesson at the Sands, and we would love for you to come with us. We will be walking and then having lunch there. SOFT SHELL CRAB FESTIVAL- Saturday April 16 we will have a booth to share our conservation knowledge and composting project. We would love for the 3s and 4s to volunteer some during that day. Please let us know if/when you can come! Our photos are here.
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