Conservation

With very few classes this week, we've been doing some extra outside activities.  Monday we had a play date with a few friends near where Genevieve used to do sign classes.  We rode the kiddie train but couldn't ride the carousel because it was being worked on.

We had storytime on Tuesday.  Genevieve told me a story that Grandmum has been telling her on the way.  After, we went on a butterfly hunt which transitioned us well for the magnet hunt we did at home.  We used a magnet wand to see what types of things were attracted to magnets.  We talked about how magnets are used to sort out metal trash that can be recycled.  We played with our magnet art board, magnets on the refrigerator and magnet puzzle.

We also sang the magnet song, to the tune of The More We Get Together:
Some magnets pull together,
together, together
Some magnets pull together
and that's called attract

And magnets like magnets
And magnets like metal
Some magnets pull together
and that's called attract.

Some magnets push apart,
apart, apart
Some magnets push apart
and that's called repel

And magnets don't like plastic
And magnets don't like wood
Some magnets push apart
and that's called repel.

Wednesday we went to the zoo.  We looked at all sorts of different animals and watched some of the zoo keepers taking care of some of the animals.  We noted that some animals don't like the heat so have to find ways to keep cool.




Thursday we tore up some paper and put it in a large tub with water.  We added some seeds and played in the paper soup, tearing it up more as we played.


Friday we took the paper soup outside.  We used a screen and a brick to press out new recycled pages.  We also had fun making paper balls and throwing back and forth until they broke.  This way we recycled paper and created a flower bed.

Saturday, we reused our plastic containers for an art day after soccer.

We read some great books this week, dealing with the importance of nature and how to help the planet.  The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein and The Lorax by Dr. Seuss have long been some of my favorites.  The Lorax is how one little action can make a big difference.  Miss Fox's Class Goes Green is a great example of how a class works together to help reduce, reuse and recycle.  Michael Recycle is a superhero who flies into towns and asks them to help the environment.  We also read My Brother, to review some of last week.  This book is told from the perspective of the younger sibling admiring their older brother, unlike most of the books we read last week which were from the perspective of the older sibling.