“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 a 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.
This month, we are doing an experiment involving a green pepper and a plastic spoon. We are observing the decomposition process of the green pepper day by day, and witnessing 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 takes place on April 22, 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.
We so enjoyed the parent presentations on South America. Thanks to Cristy (Camilla’s Mom), Jenny (Hayden’s Grandmother) and to Heidi (Carl’s Mom) for sharing their experiences of living and traveling in South America.
Our students love to learn from our parents and we look forward to future presentations. We are talking about Africa and insects during the month of May. If you have any direct experience with those themes and would like to speak to the class, please let us know.
Kindergartners enjoyed their “Pippi Longstocking” chapter book party with pancakes, hot chocolate, and whip cream. They also got to be “Thing Finders” just like Pippi, and located wooden spools and beaded necklaces in the classroom.
REMINDERS:
Spanish Fiesta is scheduled for Wednesday, May 2nd at school from 9:00-11:00. This is the chance for our students to enjoy arts and crafts, music, and food, all the while using their Spanish speaking skills to communicate with Coronado HS AP Spanish students.
Mother’s Day Tea is coming up on Friday, May 11th at 10:30am 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.
Kindergarten Late Night Party is happening on Friday, May 18th from 5:00-8:00pm. We will have a sign-up sheet available soon for parent volunteers to help make this celebration fantastic.
Kindergarten Moving Up Ceremony takes place on Wednesday, 5/23 from 1:30-2:30pm.
Gardening together with all of the kindergartners.
Thank you to Jonny and his family for providing our classroom with delicious snacks and beautiful flowers.
