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April Newsletter

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!

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Most of us don’t spend much time thinking about trash and garbage. We might give the problem some thought when our community needs a new landfill, a crisis about dangerous waste arises, or litter gets out of control. Then we often forget about the ever-present challenge of dealing with trash and garbage will engage children because they are familiar with and curious about the topic.

We need your help gathering items to investigate. We’ll need many different objects and pictures related to trash and garbage. We will begin our study by collecting them. Here’s a list of suggested items, but you may also send in others not on the list as long as they are clean and safe.

Objects:

* Trash-garbage bags

* Compost-containers-bins

* Paper shredded

* Clean and dry trash-junk items (paper towel rolls, empty plastic containers, cans with dull edges, empty packaging wrapper, fabric scraps, leftover wrapping paper, rinsed tin foil, old telephones, wood scraps, empty spools, old magazines, bottle caps larger than water bottle size, plastic bags, plastic cups, crayon boxes, marker lids, etc.)

As we study trash and garbage and how we can reduce, reuse, and recycle, we will learn concepts and skills in literacy, math, science, social studies, the arts, and technology. We will also be developing thinking skills to observe, investigate, ask questions, solve problems, make predictions, and test our ideas.

At home!

Talk with your child about trash and garbage. Help raise your child’s awareness of the kinds of trash and garbage your family creates each day. If you dispose of your trash at a dump or landfill, take your child along to see where the trash goes. If you recycle at home, help your child take responsibility for sorting items into your family’s recycling boxes.

When you are outside with your child and you notice a piece of trash on the ground, point it out and talk about it. For example, say, “I wonder why someone dropped that candy wrapper on the ground. Is it supposed to be there? Is there a better place to put it?"

Birthday: 
April 18th- Nathaniel

Reminders:

o April 3rd: Wonderful Wednesday at 8:20 am

oApril 5th: Applebee's Money Due and Wear Blue or Autism Awareness Shirt 

o April 11th: Come and See Our Art Show: 2:30-6:00 pm

o April 12th: Come and See Our Art Show: 7:30-6:00 pm

o April 13th: Applebee's 8:00 to 10:00 am

o April 18th: Half-Day Pick-up 12:05 pm, ABC open until 6:00 pm

o April 19th - April 28th: School and ABC Closed, Spring Break

o April 29th: Return from Spring Break