Recycling Unit

 We start off with this song, and it gets stuck in your head!

Recycle

Mini erasers with cards

Unifix cubes to measure

Earth Day patterns

Light table

Learning Resources

Glass beads and Earth 

Headband

QT art

Books for the unit

We read this book and made the classbook too!

This was for journals.

We practice our names the "kindergarten way"

We brainstormed shapes of recyclables could be.

I added these things to our sensory bin- 

things for compost and things to recycle.

I put real objects in the table too.

Small metal containers as well as some small plastic ones.

I need to add some paper, plastic, and metal items.

I was thinking of those mini brands things.

The filling is clean, new pet bedding.

During journals we made a paper collage.

I brought out a bunch of different kinds of paper.

The students cut or tore the paper.

We traced recycle in blue, green, and our favorite colors :)

Printable here. 

We also used the word cards from that unit as well.

That's coming in our morning bins post :)

We write our names the "kindergarten way"

The letter of the day was Dd (we write it 4 times because we're four)

We read Compost stew and brainstormed things that would go into our compost.

Our Recycling Science Center

Spring Centers

Here is one of three book displays this year: 

Sensory bin 1

Eggs, tongs, and large egg holders.

Sensory bin 2

Pom-poms 

printables HERE

From the Pond coloring pages.

I drew a heart and a line at the bottom for their names.

Light table

mini polka dots cups

transparent eggs

and see-through shapes 

all from the Dollar Tree

the cups and eggs are recent, the small shapes in the container are

 ummmm let's go with over 20 years lol

Magnet sets from Target.

Egg-shaped chalk on black paper.

White-colored pencil to write our names.

Felt puppet theaters from Target's Bullseye's Playground.

Carrot, chick/duck? bunny fill

oh plus mini erasers and a number cube.

Roll the number cube and add that many mini erasers to the containers

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Here are full-sized polka-dot cups.

Just like the small ones for the light table.

We are building with these in the blocks area.

Here are some hopping bunnies.

I put out brown paper.

The children hop the bunnies to the brown paper.

A wooden train set. 

Looking carefully, you can see the top of the very narrow tree.

That lasted 2.2 seconds before someone broke it off.

These are silicone baking trays.

I used a number cube and mini erasers for a math game.

Wooden items for the blocks center.

Playdough center.

The cookie cutters were on clearance from last season lol

shop smart people!!!

Egg cups

Found at Target, but not in Bulleye's Playground.

We used these bunny tongs to put eggs in the above egg cups.

Plastic/vinyl finger puppets

It's Earth Day Everyday :)

Learning Board-

Words

Color blue

Shape-

Numbers 61-64


Name Practice- binder 

This week is all about using things you already have.  I don't want to be printing a zillion pages so this week I want you to just plug things in what you have :) . 





Monday-

Story: Compost Stew

Poem: Theme Words

Word Study: After introducing the theme words, use magnetic letters to spell. Idea from HERE

Fine Motor:  Garbage Can Ice Cube Sort Some of these are from Dollar Tree and some are from WalMart.  Give different "ice cubes" to sort into the trash cans.

Science: Recycling Sort

Math: Earth Day Patterns 

Art: Marble Painting

Writing: Journals

Theme/Life Skills: Spring Stew


Tuesday

Story: Biscuit's Earth Day Celebration

Poem: R-E-C-Y-C-L-E

Word Study: List plastic/paper/glass

Search your minds and homes/classrooms.
Just draw & write on chart paper in 3 columns

Fine Motor: Truffula Trees . Hot glue pipe cleaners to bigger pom poms. Children will slide pony beads to the top

Science: Go out and pick up trash in your neighborhood or yard :) . Use a grabber or rubber gloves.  They have grabbers at Dollar Tree, they aren't as cute as the Target ones, but they still work- it's for garbage :)

Math: Trash Pick up

Crunch up scrap/junk mail paper into small wads, use a grabber to pick up paper.  See how many you can pick up in a certain amount of time :) 

Art: Coffee Filter
Draw on a coffee filter using washable blue and green markers.
Spray with spray bottle with water

Writing: Journals

Theme/Life Skills: RF Cafe


Thursday

Story: The Earth's Book

Poem:  Vocab . They're free :)

Word Study: List ways to reduce/reuse/recycle

Fine Motor: Wooden Discs any toys that aren't plastic :)

Science: Nature Hunt use this one or just make your own

Math: Fill the cup
Using those green and blue glass beads and a dice.
Roll dice add that many beads to cup. First to fill the cup wins :)

Art: Handprint

Writing: Grid

Theme/Life Skills: Spring Stew

Friday

Story: Earth Day

Poem: Happy Earth Day

Word Study: Syllable Sort

Fine Motor: Cut paper scraps- 
Grab your junk mail or any paper scraps and cut away :)

Science: Build a recycling plant.  Bring out your garbage trucks and Rocky from PawPatrol

Math: Use these or any board game :)

Art: DD Earth

Writing: Trace and Write

Theme/Life Skills: RF Cafe

Past units

Lorax
Lorax Review

Shopping List:
Pipe cleaners
pony beads
pom-poms
hot glue
blue and green glass beads 
paint

Stew ingredients