Outdoor Enrichment

Each week, Mrs. Boone has a great activity for the children on the playground.  In the photo here, she had six different herbs for the children to experience with their senses.  Most of them are growing right in our gardens!  It was really fun to stand back and watch the children touch, smell and taste and then comment.  A few of the children recognized herbs from their moms and dads cooking at home. 
On another day, Mrs. Boone brought turkey feathers and duck calls, deer antlers and pictures of other animals with antlers.  These are all simple activities yet they are very powerful reminders of just how much can be learned from the natural world.