This week we've been learning about the oil spill in the Gulf. I have never had a group of such eco-lovers! It's so sweet and wonderful to see. We discussed the spill the other day and the kids had such amazing ideas and showed such a mature and yet innocent understanding. The skipped right to "how will they clean it up" Honestly sometimes I wonder if this dynamic group could work together to do a better job in the White House answering the toughest problems then you-know-who. Kids just get right down to it, don't they? We had to watch the fire in the beginning of this video MANY times :)
Anyway! With all of the construction and cosmetic changes here at NN, we've needed to be outside more in the last 1.5 months. This has lead to more gardening and allowed us more time with my AMAZING neighbor and friend Patty. She lives two houses down. She composts, plants, uses rain barrels, etc. We bring her our left over edibles to compost and she shows the kids how to put the food scraps in and turn over the compost. THEY LOVE IT! In addition to that she brings us fresh strawberries from her garden a couple times a week! She recently delivered us a rain barrel which was a big hit with these water lovers. Water play is VITAL at this age so we've rigged up a fun little sink using the hose and the kids delight in watering the flowers. We learn about saving water and not over soaking the plants. We fill up our table with water and turn on the little "sink" but we also talk about not "taking up all the water in the ocean" and the kids accept that. The love feeling in charge of the Earth's health!
Pics:
I'm trying to implement more ways to "be green". To let the kids catch me doing environmentally sound acts but it's hard to be mindful of it all day every day. Its funny how angry they get when we talk about people throwing garbage out the window. I tell them very honestly that throwing trash on the ground is lazy and yucky and it makes Earth sick. We listed things the Earth loves and things that it doesn't. We thank the garbage trucks every Wed. for helping keep things clean. I explained to the kids that it's important that they learn all they can because some day (tear in my eye) I do believe THEY will be the ones to save our beautiful planet.
Recent Comments