Earth Day!

Show and Tell: Alana brought a really neat toy from Japan to share. It is a portable piano (difficult to explain) but basically it hooks up to each finger and as her fingertips tap any surface it makes the noise of a keyboard. VERY COOL!

Science: We talked about the map of the Earth and that it is usually done in two colors: blue and green. The green identifies land and the blue identifies water. We talked about the key (or legend) that is found on a map so that people who didn't color the map will know what each of the colors means. Students colored their own and created a legend to go with it, then labeled (air, Earth, United States of America).

Music: ALL 6 Kindergarten classes practiced on the stage today, it went very well. You're all in for quite a treat.

Art: Using tissue paper, we created another version of an Earth. Students first painted a white construction paper circle with water, then placed down tissue paper. The inks from the tissue paper bled onto the circle and created a truly beautiful Earth.

Throughout the day we discussed good ideas of ways to respect our planet Earth. These included cleaning up all of your trash at lunch and taking care of plants.