Shmirat HeTeva.... Taking care of our Environment

One of our year long goals is to develop our understanding of ways in which we can take care of  ourselves, each other, and our environment.
We have been exploring the classroom and learning new routines. Today our morning message was let's talk about about our environment and we introduced the Jewish Value of Shmirat HeTeva.
As we proceeded through our daily routines we were presented with many opportunities  in which we could preserve and take care of our wonderful natural world.
  When  preparing for snack we asked the children to consider using one paper towel, for drying their hands and modeled a way to make the towel bigger. Lilah carefully unfolded the paper towel and was able to use one paper towel to dry her hands. Of course, one can always use two towels but we are starting with one. Why do we try to use one towel? We are done using the bathroom and there was no one waiting. What could we do to take care of our world? We turned off  the lights to save electricity.

 We are ready for snack. Teachers have prepared a turns list and laminated it to conserve paper. Audrey finds her name on the list and proceeds to erase it so teachers know who has had snack.  

At the end of the day we asked the children to reflect on ways in which we took care of our classroom environment and world. 

Mia said: " I put toys away" 

Audrey said: " I cleaned up paper on the floor and recycled" 

Lilah said: "I shut ff the lights and saved electricity" "I unfolded pieces of paper so we can save trees."