Mar 18, 2024
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Mar 11, 2024
March 18 is Global Recycling Day!
Global Recycling Day is a day to spread awareness about the need for recycling to help save the planet. This year's theme
of Global Recycling Day is #RecyclingHeroes.
To celebrate, you can have individual children or the group design their own recycling superhero:
- What do they look like?
- What do they wear?
- What are their superpowers?
- Do they have a special catch phrase or slogan?
Have children draw their version of a Recycling Hero to share with the group, post on a bulletin board or feature in a newsletter.
You could make this a longer project by writing and illustrating a class book to share with families. Maybe you could even turn their
book into a small play they put on for other classes and families to help spread the importance of recycling. This could even turn
into a fundraiser to purchase supplies, such as recycling containers and posters, to start a program-wide recycling initiative if
you don't already have one in place.
Other things you can do are:
- Set up a recycling center in your dramatic play area where children can practice sorting the different
types of clean recyclable materials (paper, plastic, etc.). To reduce children's exposure to allergens during
this activity, avoid using containers that contained food.
- Put containers in the program to collect items that have a 5-cent deposit and take them to a redemption center.
You could donate the proceeds to local charity or to a program initiative to purchase needed books or art supplies
or to help fund the cost of a field trip.
Happy recycling!
Mar 06, 2024
Time to spring forward! Daylight Saving time begins on Sunday, March 10.
That means it's time to move those clock hands ahead one hour so that daylight begins an hour later in the morning and
lasts an hour longer in the evening.
This is a great time to: