Fall 2023 - Week Eight

November 3, 2023  •  Vol. 8

I hope everyone had a great Halloween!

On Monday we had quite a busy day installing our first tree signs on 4th Street. One says No Dogs Please and the other says Kids Garden Here. Be on the lookout for them! We also examined the differences between oak, elm and callery pear leaves, and practiced saying “deciduous.” After our tree work, the children played with some jack-o-lanterns and made pumpkin potions with baking soda and vinegar.

On Tuesday, we celebrated Halloween by reading the book “Pumpkin Soup” and eating some Boo chocolate peanut butter bars. We took care of one of our trees on 4th street and collected leaves on the walk back to make collages with. Finally we whipped up some of our own “pumpkin soup” in carved-out pumpkin cauldrons.

On Wednesday, we read the book “Because of an Acorn,” which explores how an oak tree supports many of the birds, bugs and animals in its community which is the perfect transition into next month’s focus on Animals and Bugs. We also enjoyed some licorice tea and finished off the chocolate Boo bars before tending to a few of our third street trees and installing some of our signs there. When we returned to our garden home base we painted rocks to build our rock snake and made some leaf collages with treasures from our nature walk.