Tuesday

Tuesday we made Freddy the furry fox. He can wag his fluffy tail! We also played outside and visited the nature stations. Since it was voting day, we took votes on some items. We voted on pine cones or walnuts, walnut or rock, this pine cone or this one, and this walnut or this one, and so forth. I told the children to to pick up the items and get to know them better before they took the vote.

Also at the nature stations, I ask the children open ended questions (as I try to do often in every area). An open ended question does not have a yes or no answer. It instills wonder and curiosity in children and often leads to a special appreciation. Learning about our own backyards leads to curiosity. I model this for the children, so that as they grow older, they will initiate their own investigations. It is important for children to learn about the environment just beyond our own front or back doors in order to save the planet, vs. concentrating on rain forest pictures from a far off place.