Play, Inquire, Learn!: August 2013

Beautiful Junk!

When children explore their natural world, ask questions and use their imagination, they are engaging in meaningful learning. We are encouraging students to express their creativity as they discover, collect, arrange, experiment and design with found and recyclable materials. Please allow your child to bring in items found in nature (pine cones, leaves, snails, worms etc.) and donate recyclable materials from home. Here is a list of items but please don't limit to only these materials.

1. buttons

2. fabric scraps

3. water/juice bottle caps

4. frozen juice lids

5. detergent/dish soap caps

6. old frames

7. wood scraps

8. feathers

9. pom poms

10. metal odds and ends (e.g. discarded keys)

11. hardware (eg. nuts, bolts, washers, screws)

12. plastic tubing

13. paper tubes

14. ribbon scraps

15. used greeting cards

16. cardboard packaging

17. large appliance boxes

18. broken costume jewelry

19. wine bottle corks

20. beads

21. elastics

22. egg cartons

23. plastic hangers

24. interesting stones

25. yarn

26. felt

27. sponges

28. seeds

29. straws

30. cotton balls

31. Q-tips

32. clothes pins

33. shells

34. packing peanuts

35. bubble wrap

36. small, plastic containers

37. plastic scoops

38. plastic/metal spoons and forks

39. wallpaper scraps

40. puzzle pieces

41. popsicle sticks

42. marker caps

43. plastic berry baskets

44. large aluminum cans

45. glass baby food jars

Saturday, August 31, 2013