Danny the Builder teaches children about recycling
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Bob the Builder's cousin, contractor Danny Urrea, teaches daycare students about recycling. Photo: Sara Reardon |
Fermilab’s daycare welcomed a TV celebrity guest on Dec. 1 – well, sort of.
Bob the Builder’s cousin, Danny the Builder (contractor Danny Urrea), stopped by the Fermilab daycare to bring the children a message about recycling.
“I’m here to show you how recycling plays a big role on our planet,” he said. “All you gotta do is play your part.”
Urrea, who wore a yellow hard hat, showed the children examples of recyclable bottles and cans.
“Every square mile of the ocean has 46,000 pieces of plastic floating in it,” he said. For a scale model, he showed the kids a box full of beans, then filled it with water.
“Would you want to swim in that?” he asked them. He received disgusted noises in response.
Event organizer Enixe Castro, janitorial site manager and recycling coordinator, said she was impressed that the kids already knew so much about recycling. They were eager to share stories of how their own families did or didn’t recycle.
“If they learn it now, it becomes a habit rather than something they need to learn as they grow older,” Castro said. “It becomes a part of their lives.”
After his presentation, Danny the Builder taught the children how to build snowmen out of Styrofoam cups, buttons, pom poms and old socks. A hat for a snowman, he said, was one of many uses for the ubiquitous single sock whose mate was lost in the dryer.
“Reuse it, don’t throw it away,” he said.
For adults interested in reusing materials for crafts, Castro is planning a recycling presentation and craft project early next year.
"The kids really had fun making crafts from recycled products," said daycare teacher Jenn Scott.
-Sara Reardon
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With the help of Enixe Castro, daycare students craft snowmen out of recycled styrofoam and socks. Photo: Sara Reardon |
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