Special Guests In Our Classroom

Last week, we had 2 special guests visit our classroom; Recycle Rhonda from CSWD and Susanna, a teaching artist, from the Flynn.

Recycle Rhonda

This collage created with Smilebox

Recycle Rhonda came to our classroom to teach us about the 3'R's (recycle, reuse, reduce) and about composting.  During these two workshops, the children learned who CSWD is, why it's important to sort unwanted stuff into categories (trash, recyclables, and compostables) and where all of our trash goes (landfill).  The children participated in a sorting activity that had them deciding if an item belonged in the trash, recycling, or compost.  Anything that came from a living thing can be composted including paper towels.  Anything that is made out of 2 materials (a chip bag for example is made out of plastic and metal) goes into the trash.

Recycle Rhonda taught us why it's important to keep food scraps out of the landfill, how food scraps turn into compost, what materials are compostable and the different ways of compositing.  She brought two of her composting critters, Bernie Bacteria and Maple Fungus for a fun sorting activity.  She also brought us our very own compost bucket for the classroom.

Lastly, Recycle Rhonda taught us how worms compost raw food scraps into worm compost.  We learned how to care for a living creature, the biology of worms, and we even got to explore the worms up close.  We now have a worm composting bin in kindergarten!

Flynn Workshop

Susanna presented a companion workshop for Caps for Sale. Throughout the hour long workshop, the children were engaged through movement and music. The children were actors, directors and producers. They were introduced to some new characters that will be in the play, but are not part of the book. We also learned a little information about the Flynn, including that there are over 1,000 lightbulbs in the sign that hangs outside of the theater.  We were able to feel a sample of the material that the seats are made out of and learned how to be a respectful audience member.