Books and More
The theme for this week's BM (ha ha) will be life cycles or food chains or something along those lines, focused on the role of seeds/plants. The books I want to read are as follows: Jack's Garden by Henry Cole, The Reason for a Flower by Ruth Heller and The Story Goes On by Aileen Fisher. One activity I would like to do involves planting seeds outside and talking about how some will grow, some will get eaten , etc. I'd like to do another one or two crafts/activities, but I'm at a loss for things we could do outside (we do have the little patio behind the old library) that would work well, given the environement. I'll keep thinking about it, but ideas are certainly welcome. I am posting a list of what I need to do/have done before Wednesday, so if there is something that will be particularly easy for you to do, please let me know. I may also ask specific individuals for help with a particular point. The list is for my reference as well, so some items I will be taking care of myself...
- buy bag of wildflower seeds
- make decision about planting location (nearly complete); remember to bring shovel
- choose 1 or 2 more crafts, arrange for supplies/preparation
- make sure patio area is free of glass/garbage
- fill water jug before program
- call volunteers/program participants the night before and tell them they will need to dress to get potentially dirty (Xandi and Marcia, will you please make sure this gets done?) CHECK!
- collect an assortment of books (fic/nf) with related themes CHECK!
- plastic plates for concrete project
I will edit/update this as we make progess...
Thanks!
posted by 82jp at 11:55 AM
3 Comments:
And then you'll be sure to tell them about how these seeds are like the word of God, some falling on rocky soil, some eaten by the birds, and some taking root deeply...ah, maybe not.
(This reminds me, Jason, that you MUST visit a fabulous small exhibition of prints by a fellow named Robert Marx at the MAG: http://mag.rochester.edu/look/exhibitions/index.html#Marx)
So, I DO remember from church school as a child, putting a few tablespoons of soil in a Dixie cup and planting a few seeds (marigolds? zinnias? sunflowers?), which could work in your outdoor/messy environment as a craft.
Xandi, I don't know whether you've already called volunteers for this weeks B&M; let me know if you want me to take care of this--I don't want to duplicate your work.
Thanks! --m
Yes, but I would like the volunteers and participants to be called again to inform them about the potentially dirty nature of the program. I hate to make anybody do the same work twice, but as typically we call volunteers/participants the night before the program, I believed I had that much time to inform the rest of the staff of any specific instructions for volunteers/participants... I apologize for the inconvenience!
This reminds me: I did call volunteers for last week's B&M, but have received not one but TWO messages from parents who were totally embarrassed at having fumbled the ball--Forrest and Gracie, I hear, were not at the event last week. Anyhoo, both moms swear that they will faithfully appear for the rest of their stints. I don't know why I feel so responsible for their absence, but I hope it didn't louse things up too much!
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