Water Wonders: Letting People Know

The children have taken a keen interest in the salmon's life cycle and habitat. They've learned about the importance of maintaining our streams and creeks for the salmon to return and spawn. Yesterday I observed Ryleigh during play time making signs for the river model, they were signs warning of the danger of pollution in the water.

Yesterday we explored what we can do to help salmon and their habitat and the children thought it would be a good idea to make signs as a way to share their knowledge. Today we used a fish stencil to paint on the ground beside a storm drain to remind people that the storm drain leads to creeks and streams where fish live so it's important to not dump chemicals or harmful liquids down them.

 


They used the inside of the stencil to trace a salmon and used water colours to paint it. Using a tracer is no easy task for a beginner and the children needed a variety of support. It was tricky to get the pencil to follow along the edge of the tracer!