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Wonderful Worms gives new insight
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Neighbors | Adrienne Crissman .Ethan Harris held a worm during Wonderful Worms July 23 at the Poland library.
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Neighbors | Adrienne Crissman.David and Angelina Olson worked on a worm craft during Wonderful Worms July 23 at the Poland library.
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Neighbors | Adrienne Crissman .Poland residents, from left, Preslie, Vander and (back) Beth Bodine worked on a craft during Wonderful Worms at the Poland library July 23.
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Neighbors | Adrienne Crissman.Vito and Gina Romeo attended Wonderful Worms July 23 at the Poland library.
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Neighbors | Adrienne Crissman .Peg Flynn of the Mahoning County Green Team reads children "Diary of a Worm" during Wonderful Worms July 23.
By ADRIENNE CRISSMAN
Children learned about why worms are so great during Wonderful Worms July 23 at the Poland library.
The program, given by Peggy Flynn of the Mahoning County Green Team, is designed to teach children the importance of composting.
Flynn said that composting allows less stuff to go into the trash. She explained it’s important for children to learn about recycling at young age because they are the ones that convince their parents to partake.
“At this age, the little ones bug the big ones to recycle,” said Flynn.
During Wonderful Worms, Flynn read “Diary of a Worm” by Doreen Cronin and led the children in a song of “Hokey Pokey,” which ended after the shook their head, because that’s the only body part a worm has.
After the stories, children were able to make a worm out of a film canister with a sticker that said, “worms eat my garbage,” to remind them not to throw their garbage out. Participants even got to hold worms. Each child who attended the program brought home a compost coloring book and a worm fact sheet.
The Mahoning County Green Team will host a composting workshop for adults on Aug. 11 at 1 p.m. at the Mill Creek Metro Parks Farm. For more information, call 330-740-2060.