Daily News - Prairie Burning on Mormon Trek

Today in the Prairie Racerunner Daily News dated earlier this month...

Friends spend their day
researching soil erosion, prairie animals
and endangered species, but
understand the importance of
fictional reading as well.

The Prairie next to Mormon Trek Avenue was burned yesterday. The smoke blew over Mormon Trek. The road was closed for ten minutes because the smoke was so thick. The Prairie was burned to help manage it in a better way than mowing it because mowing doesn't get rid of the invasive species does. 


As a teacher, I loved this Daily News entry because students are aware of prairie conservation beyond their Willowwind community. Moreover, friends engaged in the most wonderful discussion about what the word invasive really means and how outside plants, insects and weeds can suffocate a thriving space. From there we revisited our Movement Play from the beginning of the year as we discussed a "controlled burn" and how it restores Prairie Life. We also touched on the devastating fires in Colorado that have left many without their homes, crops and livestock. Your children are making world to community connections that are beyond the egocentricity that is developmentally expected from 6, 7 and 8 year old children. They are advocates for their environments, and approach each discussion with tender hearts and mindful voices.