Our First ELF Experience

We had our first experience with ELF this year! ELF – Environmental Learning for the Future is a natural science, hands-on curriculum that is lead by parent volunteers in our classroom. We are so fortunate to now have 3 official volunteers! :) Keep in mind there's always room for more....just let me know if you're interested! 

This month's ELF focused on directions (how perfect!) We put on a puppet show about different animals and how they find their way home. Our scientists had to be careful listeners so they could share what they knew after the puppet show.

Animals use different senses to find their way. One of the activities we got to do required our sight and memory. We used egg cartons to arrange a variety of knick knacks. A leader showed the carton to the group for 15 seconds, then the group had to rearrange their egg carton to match the leader's. It's much harder than it sounds! (ASK your child about the challenges!)

Another activity was learning about compasses and the four main directions (North, South, East, and West). The scientists filled out a paper to help them with an outdoor exploration...

We had to work in groups with compasses to answer different questions about which way were facing in different places on the playground (swings, climbing wall, etc).


ASK your child about his/her first ELF experience! :)