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Happy May, loved ones! Today was Grandfriends Day, which is one of the most busy and fun days of the school year! We had many special visitors. It was a joy to have them in our new building spending time in our community and letting them get a glimpse into what school life is like. Please send our appreciation and love to all that came to visit.

 

This week we have been continuing our Insect Study by talking about pollinators. We learned that "pollinators" are beneficial insects that spread pollen around, which makes more seeds grow. Jake's mom gave our classroom some young vegetable plants, so the past few days we have been fluffing up soil, putting it in pots and potting up the plant starts so that they have room to spread their roots and grow. We also planted some wildflower seeds to attract pollinators to our school. Planting has brought in scientific concepts such as how seeds mature into plants. We made predictions on how long it would take for the seeds to emerge. Some friends predicted we would see sprouts within "1 long" or 2 days, others guess "a hundred" or even "a million" days. 

 

We often say "insects help the Earth" and this week we learned more about what exactly that means. Our friends identified that insects, spiders and other creatures like to be around flowers. Many humans like flowers too! But we learned that some insects drink the nectar from flowers, and in this process the flower rubs pollen on the insect. Once the pollinator moves to a new flower to drink more nectar, they spread pollen which helps produce more seeds. By spreading pollen around and helping make new seeds, the Earth has more flowers which makes lots of happy kids, insects and more!