Earth Week!

Earth Day should be EVERY Day!

 

We learned all about where we live and how to keep our earth clean. We had fun reusing and recycling and also enjoyed creating things for the friends we share our earth with, birds and other animals.

Monday was Earth Day! We had tons of fun singing, “Happy Earth Day To You,” all day long. We baked earth cupcakes in our Kids Kitchen.

 

In the afternoon our whole class enjoyed the bright cupcakes!

 

 

For art, my munchkin's water-color painted earths with green and blue paint. We talked about the blue green on a picture of an earth and what those colors represent.

 

 

 

On Tuesday we talked all about the little creatures we must keep our earth clean for. We made “birdie snacks,” by lacing cheerios on pipe cleaners. This was a great way to practice our fine motor skills!

 

 

In the afternoon we hung them outside. Hopefully some nice birds will enjoy our treats!

 

For art we created some great handprint earths! We reviewed what the colors represent and many of my munchkins remembered form yesterday!

 

We’ve been exploring the idea of recycling this week and on Wednesday we created some beautiful artwork with old newspaper. We talked about using trash for other things to “reuse” objects and read a great book about littering called, “Michael Recycle Meets Litterbug Doug,” by Ellie Bethel.

 

 

I asked my munchkins what they would recycle and they came up with some very creative responses. Some included, “my mommy, my shoes, kitties and classmates.”

 

We created more recycled art on Thursday. We decorated yogurt containers and will be turning them in to bird houses. We worked together and there was some great teamwork going on!!

 

Check out our garden in front of our classroom! My munchkins are all Blooming so quickly!

 

On Friday we talked all about litter bugs!  We sang a song, “If you see litter, pick it up, pick it up. If you see litter pick it up and put it in the trash can.” We had fun throwing our own trash away while singing. Every ones trash had the letter first letter of their name on it and my munchkins had fun identifying their letters and simulating picking up and throwing away trash.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For art we made a fun project with our letter of the week, the letter O! We decorated O’s with dots and in the afternoon we added legs and eyes! They looked so cute when they were all done!

 

Next week we are learning all about Pond Life! Check out everything we do next Sunday!