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Stadium students feed winter animals
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Neighbors | Natalie Scott.Hannah Sharber was very careful to spread her Crisco evenly throughout the entire pinecone during Peg Flynn's visit Jan. 14.
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Neighbors | Natalie Scott.Olivia Busico was careful to spead plenty of Crisco onto her cone so that all the seeds would stick to it for the animals to eat Jan. 14.
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Neighbors | Natalie Scott.Hayden Kolesar was one of the first students to finish speading the sticky Crisco on his pinecone at Stadium Drive Elementary School Jan. 14.
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Neighbors | Natalie Scott.Adam Ghossian enjoyed making animal feeders to hang outside during Peg Flynn's visit to Stadium Drive Elementary School Jan. 14.
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Neighbors | Natalie Scott.Peg Flynn of the Mahoning Valley Green Team read Stranger In the Woods to students in Jan Yovich's kindergarten class Jan. 14.
By NATALIE SCOTT
Kindergarten students at Stadium Drive Elementary School were rewarded with a visit from Peg Flynn of the Mahoning Valley Green Team on Jan. 14. Flynn prepared and presented a lesson on small and harmless ways that children can naturally feed animals in the winter season.
To begin the lesson, Flynn read Jan Yovich’s class “Stranger In the Woods” by Carl Sams. The story is about a group of curious animals that notices tracks in the snow that do not belong to any of the animals they know of. Instantly, the animals speculate that there is a stranger in the woods, and while many are afraid, they still follow the tracks until they find a large snowman. The snowman is wearing a red hat with a indent that is filled with seeds.
After the animals eat the food, a brother and sister who are hiding nearby replace all of the food, remarking that they will come again every so often to refill the food.
From this story, Flynn had the students work on a craft where they spread Crisco onto pine cones and roll the pine cones in a pile of seeds so that the seeds stick to the pine cone. The cones would then be hung onto trees to feed some of the animals around in the winter.
“It’s awesome when Peg Flynn comes to do a lesson with us,” said kindergarten teacher Jan Yovich. “Every time she comes, it’s such a wonderful lesson and the children enjoy it so much. They really take away some great things from listening to her.”