Fresh From The First Grade

If you haven’t had a chance to read this book I highly recommend it! We hear a lot of terms about trash and recycling, but this book does a great job of making a really complex system surprisingly simple. It also shows exactly what happens in landfills now vs. years ago. The illustrations in this book are also outstanding... If you are a little confused with all the hype over where our garbage goes then this is book for you and for your kids  =)

{Where Does the Garbage Go?  by Paul Showers... get it here} 

{illustrating how plastic is recycled}

{illustrating how glass is recycled}

{illustrating how paper is recycled}

{illustrating how aluminum is recycled}

HINT HINT: our kiddos don’t know it yet, but on friday we will be recycling our own paper from start to finish... and I don’t mean just taking it to a recycling facility! WE are doing the recycling ourselves - turning old paper into new, usable, recycled paper! If you’d like to come along and see how paper is recycled for yourself, we would love to have you!!! The recycling begins at 8:15 on Friday with 1B and continues throughout the day with all the first grade classes until 2:45. 

If you are interested in recycling with us this Friday, please feel free to send me an email ( wmccuistion@newhopememphis.org ), speak with your child’s lead teacher, or stop me in the hallway anytime!