First Grade- Recycled paper experienced.

October 27, 2011

Dear Parents:

Yesterday, the whole first grade class had the chance of creating recycled paper. The first step of blending newspaper with water was already in process for at least 8 days by now. What they did differently from creating the other batches of paper was adding two-food coloring: red and yellow and mixing the pulp with different sorts of dry potpourri. The longer the mix stays in the water, the texture gets the appearance of juice pulp or cake mass. As expected they had a blast, they particularly enjoyed touching the pulp formed by the newspaper, water and time. This sort of activity helps them strength their fine motor skills and listening skills since they have to follow a process to accomplish an end result. Here are some of the pictures. Here are some of the pictures for you to enjoy. Until the next one!

 

Caterpillar that decided to do its Pupa/Chrysalis on a plastic container.