“Reduce, reuse, recycle” is the melody to a song that we have been singing in the classroom this month, as we look at the importance of carefully using our natural resources.
On that note, we encourage the children to pack a cloth napkin to use during lunchtime, eliminating the need for a paper napkin that must go in the garbage.
School lunches come with a water bottle, which the children are in the habit of recycling. Any leftover water is collected in another blue dish pan, which we pour on the plants outside. We started this recycling effort last year and the children naturally did it again this year.
One of the interesting experiments that we are running, is to place a fresh green pepper on a tray along with a plastic spoon.
We are observing the decomposition process of the green pepper day by day, and seeing that the plastic spoon has not changed one bit! As the children will report, the green pepper is biodegradable and the plastic spoon is non-biodegradable.
Earth Day happens to be today, which gives us a chance to explain to the children that all of us are caretakers of the Earth. We show respect to the Earth by being careful not to let the water just flow out of the faucet when we are washing our hands and brushing our teeth, to put our trash in the trash can, and to turn off lights if we are not in the room.
Caring for the Earth is the same as caring for ourselves.
Kindergarteners enjoyed their “Pippi Longstocking” chapter book party with pancakes and whip cream. They also got to be “Thing Finders” just like Pippi, and located wooden spools and gold “coins” in the classroom.
Thank you to all the parents who traveled with us to the Children’s Discovery Museum and helping us to have a safe and fun field trip.
Ms. Diana conversing in Espanol with her students.
Catching a quiet moment to do the “100 Board.”
Doing practical life jobs:
Mother’s Day Tea is coming up on Friday, May 6th at 10:30 am in P1. All mothers are invited to attend. If a mom cannot attend, please send a special someone in their place. Each student is allowed one guest, due to space restrictions in the classroom.
Counting is so much fun in the outdoor classrom:
Thank you to Cortland and Cooper for providing our classroom with delicious snacks and beautiful flowers. Cooper, we really enjoyed having the red roses from your garden!
