Yesterday was Earth Day. The girls school celebrated the day by cleaning and beautifying the school and the local park right next door to the school!
After school t he children were divided up in groups with an adult leader. The different groups mulched, picked up litter, cleaned up sticks, remove dead plants and weeds, etc.
I volunteered to be a leader of one of the groups. Our group was in charge of pulling weeds out of the island in the school parking lot. Wow, what a task that was! After we pulled the weeds (and probably lots of non-weeds) the kids decorated brown paper grocery bags with Earth Day themes and decorated the school sidewalks with sidewalk chalk! The bags will be used at the Vandalia Kroger this weekend!
SO nice!! And what a great idea to use the bags at the local store! Cute! We got to place praying mantis pods in our nature center (along with the general clean-up). Did you know when they hatch they are just tiny, tiny praying mantises! Think smaller than the size of an ant. A few pods hatched all over our secretaries kitchen! OOPPSS!
ReplyDeletewhat a great way to teach kids to love the earth - and you're awesome for getting involved to set the example! Have I ever told you I've seriously always been in love with OH license plates?
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