Thursday September 13, 2018
Waxing Crescent Moon
Today the kinders celebrated
California Coastal Cleanup day (officially on 9/15) by picking up trash
in the dunes and along the beach. We began the day with a discussion
about why it's important to keep our beaches
clean. The children came up with a lot of good reasons why trash
shouldn't be at the beach! For example, to keep the animals safe, to
keep the people safe, and to keep the land looking beautiful. When we
arrived at the dunes, the boys decided to put on
gloves and join me in the trash pick-up while the girls stayed behind
and played in one of the driftwood shelters. While playing, the girls
found a sand flea! They were very excited about this! Meanwhile, as
the boys and I picked up garbage we also found
cool treasures along the way. They found shells, seaweed, more pieces
of an old pirate ship, and ANOTHER driftwood house! Naturally we had to
stop and play in it before continuing on our journey.
We followed up
this activity the next day by reading the
book "Surf Gecko to the Rescue," a charming story about a surfing gecko
who uses his skills on the waves to raise awareness about pollution.
As a bonus, the story ends with a reminder about keeping your home
environment clean too. In our case, this meant
the school grounds. We then embarked on a second wave of Coastal Clean
Up celebration by picking up litter all around the PCCS campus. All
together the students picked up 6 pounds of trash! Way to go kinders!
