Davis Elementary School Garden: May 2018

Friday, May 11, 2018

Second Grade Planting

Mrs. Arakelian's second graders worked in their garden bed planting and watering their beautiful flowers!

Raking Wood Chips

Mrs. Nocera's First Graders helped rake the wood chips in the garden paths.

Planting Day Lilies

Mrs. Shamon and Ms. Lua's classes planted day lilies around our school to help make it a more beautiful place!

Thursday, May 10, 2018

Garden Clean Up

Mrs. Harary and Mrs. Davies' first graders cleaned out their garden bed with Mrs. Johnson's help. They also raked out the paths and spread new wood chips.

Planting Day Lilies

Ms. Lua and Mrs. Shamon's second graders helped us plant day lilies rescued from Springsbrook Park.

Cleaning Out the Garden

Mrs. Petersen's second graders weeded and raked out their garden bed to get ready for planting!

Friday, May 4, 2018

Kate Ford, mom of Oliver and Bella, has created new signs to help us with our composting. We now have dedicated "green" and"brown" bins for collecting different kinds of compost.
If we all work together we will hopefully have soil to use this fall in our garden!

Today's Nature Idea-Make Huge Bubbles!

Ingredients

· 6 cups water (distilled is best but tap water is fine)

· 1/2 cup blue Dawn dish detergent I used “ultra concentrated”, but Dawn original is even better.

· 1/2 cup corn starch

· 1 tbsp baking powder (not baking soda)

· 1 tbsp Glycerine

You will also need a giant bubble wand.

HOMEMADE GIANT BUBBLE RECIPE

1. Dissolve Cornstarch-Dissolve cornstarch in the water, stirring really well.

2. Add Remaining Ingredients-Stir in the rest of the ingredients, being very careful not to create a lot of froth.

3. Let it Sit-Allow your bubble mixture to sit for at least an hour before using, stirring occasionally when you see the cornstarch settling to the bottom.

Note: Some of the cornstarch won’t dissolve completely and may even settle to the bottom when you’re using your bubble mixture, but it won’t affect the quality of your bubbles.

HOW TO MAKE A GIANT BUBBLE WAND:

I used two drinking straws, and a length of yarn that was 6 to 8 times longer than the length of one straw. Thread the yarn through the straws, tie a knot, and you’re good to go!