YPK: The Earth Day Week begins: April 21, 2009

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Today was a very rainy day, so we couldn't go outside to play or have PE today. Instead we did LA and Math in the morning so we could have a longer craft time in the afternoon.

We welcomed back W.D. today - he missed the first couple of weeks of school to go on a trip around Japan with his family. We are very excited to have him back in the Kinders class.

This week is Earth Week, so we learned a new song today in Language Arts class with Jeana. "Can it! Save the Planet!" And we talked about Reuse, Reduce and Recycle, Pollution and Trash, and things we can do to keep the planet Earth clean. The kids are very enthusiastic about this subject.

In our arts and crafts block of time, we broke up into three centers - while one small group helped color and paint a big WE LOVE THE EARTH wall mural for the main room with Jeana, another small group played the *What's Garbage?* board game with Jen. And the third group put together the
big Zoo Animals floor puzzle.

In Math class with Jen, the kids have been working on reviewing the names of eight basic shapes (recognition, production, reading and writing) and talking about shapes in daily life.

Tomorrow, if the weather is good, the kids will pick up garbage in the park near our school in honor of Earth Day.