Today we celebrated the First Day of Autumn and Banned Books week. We started off with a few poems from Shel Silverstein's "A light in the Attic". The book was banned by an elementary school in Florida because of the poem "Little Abigail and the beautiful pony". The decision was later overturned.
Last week we talked about composting, so for a treat and to showcase what beautiful soil should look like, we made the dessert "worms in dirt". Take chocolate pudding and put it in a cup, put a gummy worm or two on top then scoop out the middle of an oreo and crumble up the cookie to make the topsoil. Fun to make and fun to eat! We were busy making and eating ours so forgot to take pictures, but here is what they look like-
As the physical gardening season will be winding down, though we will still be outside sometimes, I have been looking for crafts the students will be able to do inside. In honor of the first day of Fall, we headed outside to make one of the easiest crafts around (found on the website dirtgirlworld). Nature bracelets requite tape (any size) and stuff you find in nature (nuts, seeds berries, small leaves, flowers etc). Then, let out your inner artist!
Students enjoyed pottering around the garden, picking herbs, flowers and vegetables
and we all enjoyed looking at all of the beautiful Iowa fall colors around the school :)
For more information on crafts with nature check out http://dirtgirlworld.com/
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