Library April 20-24: Earth Week

Day 1: 
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  1. Start with breathing exercises and your nonfiction song!
  2. Before reading discuss: Where does trash go after we put it in the can? 
  3. Watch Mrs. Echols' virtual storytime. There are some words that may be unfamiliar, so I'm including an image of the glossary.
  4. Discuss: 
    1. What surprised you about where trash goes? 
    2. Would it be healthier for the world if we had more or less trash? Why?
    3. What are ways we can create less trash? 
  5. Recycled art challenge! What can we create that only reuses something that we already have? I absolutely loved this Bubble Wrap Flower tutorial. Make your own by following my slideshow below or by clicking on the link above. All you need is bubble wrap (I used an Amazon mailer), cardboard (or other stiff paper), scissors, paint/markers, scissors, glue and paper. I cut pages out of an old book to use rather than new paper. :) TIP: Don't give up when your first stamps are kind of wonky. The more you stamp the better ink/paint coverage you get on the bubble wrap.
Day 2:
earthdayrecyclingsortinggame.pdf
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  1. Start with breathing exercises and your fiction song!
  2. Watch Mrs. Echols virtual storytime.
  3. Discuss:
    1. Which story did this remind you of? What was different in this version?
    2. What did the pigs make their houses out of? (cardboard, glass, and cans)
  4. Extension activities:
    1. Build your own houses out cardboard, blankets, cans, whatever you have lying around! You can even roll play being the wolf and the 3 little pigs. 
    2. Download and play the Earth Day Recycling game (the file download is under the virtual storytime). 
    3. Peruse the Earth Day collection of eBooks in Epic!