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Happy Earth Day Mulberry families!!!!!!

Over the centuries we have mercilessly utilized and depleted the Earth’s resources. Our sheer ignorance has begun to cause severe problems like depletion of the Ozone layers, death of rivers due to dumping of industrial waste, global warming etc. In our quest for industrialization heavy amount of deforestation took place. This has harmed the Earth’s environment. The ice at the poles has started to melt due to rise in Earth’s temperature. This is an ominous sign of what is to come. We have dug quite a huge pit for ourselves already, but we can still get out of it. So, days like the Earth day remind us to be caring and loving to the Earth. We are planting this seed of awareness at this young age by our actions.

Paper craft/ chain from recycled paper stripes! Did you hear all about our creative and fun Earth Day project? Here are the glimpse ....

Plant a tree. Trees are a big part of our earth, and planting one will just add to the health and wellness of the world that we live in and what a wonderful opportunity to learn about life cycle of a tree.
Life cycle of a tree..
The primary purpose of an Easter egg hunt is to provide a fun and engaging activity for children and families during the Easter season. Beyond the enjoyment of the hunt itself, it also often serves to reinforce the symbolism of the holiday, such as new life, rebirth, encouraging children to move and explore their surroundings, and also provide opportunities to connect with one another.

The Geometry Cabinet is part of the Sensorial area of the Primary Montessori classroom. It is used to further develop the child's visual sense in the discrimination of shape/form. This material is a wooden cabinet with six drawers that contain plane, or two dimensional, geometric shapes.

Direct purpose of the work is discrimination of geometric forms and indirectly it helps prepares hands for writing.
Look !!! Who came to visit us ? An in house visit from Fire Department with their new member Blue- a puppy in training..
Compound words are two smaller words put together to make a bigger word. This bigger compound word is special because it has its own meaning, or definition. When we put sea and shell together, we get seashell.
Finger painting improves fine motor development by strengthening finger and hand muscles. It allows children to express their feelings without words. Doing it in a group can promote social skills, like sharing paint pots, taking turns, working together.

Birds are warm-blooded vertebrates (vertebrates have backbones) lay eggs and are the only animals with feathers. Although all birds have wings, a few species can't fly.

Feathers are made of keratin. This is the same stuff that fingernails are made of. Birds fly by flapping their wings and using air pressure to create lift under their wings. Just like airplanes do. The peregrine falcon is one of the fastest birds. It can reach speeds of well over 100 miles per hour when diving. Hollow bones also help in flying because they help make the bird light enough to fly.

Feathers are important to birds because they keep them warm, help them to fly, and provide camouflage.
Birds use their beaks to eat food. Beaks help birds in sucking nectar, tearing flesh and in picking up the food grains from the ground. In practical life we are using different tools like syringe and squeezers to get the feel of how birds eat.

Although an important characteristic of most birds is flying, not all birds’ flies. Some birds that don't fly are penguins, kiwis, and ostriches. Penguins spend a good portion of time in the water where they are prolific swimmers. Ostriches on the other hand are very fast runners. An ostrich can outrun a horse!

Parts of a bird and matching puzzle.
There are around 10000 different species and all different sizes of birds worldwide. Hummingbirds are some of the smallest birds; the Ostrich is the largest bird in the world. The Ostrich also lays the largest eggs and has the fastest maximum running speed.
Life cycle of a bird - All bird life cycles begin with an egg. A baby bird grows and develops inside of the egg, which has a hard shell. Most of the time, adult birds keep the eggs warm and protect them while the baby birds develop.
Our hands remembers to turn off lights, recycles cans and bottles, planted a tree, shuts off dripping faucets, picks up garbage, use both sides of the paper. Throughout this week we have been discussing about three R’s. Children pick up and learn quickly from us. Are you practicing and implementing these three R’s?

Reduce! Reuse! Recycle!

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Created with an image by mantinov - "Isolated Cerbera Odollam tree and the earth"