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The Landfill

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  • DOMAIN(S)
    Cognitive Development and General Knowledge (CD)
  • INDICATOR(S)
    CD-SC5.4a
  • AGE GROUP(S)
    48-60 months

Explain to the children where trash goes. Ask children what they think happens when they put their trash cans on the street and the truck picks up the trash. Write down some responses. Tell children that trash is taken to a place called the landfill. Ask the children “how do you think the landfill smells?” Encourage rich vocabulary, stinky, rotten, gross, trash or yucky. Show the children a tin can or plastic water bottle. Ask the children “What else might we use these items for instead of throwing them away?” Chart the children's response. This could be done in large group.  

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