PRESCHOOLERS PUT DOWN ROOTS.Byline: Amy Raisin raisin, in botany and cooking raisin, dried fruit of certain varieties of grapevines bearing grapes with a high content of sugar and solid flesh. Although the fruit is sometimes artificially dehydrated, it is usually sun-dried. Staff Writer SIMI VALLEY Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. - About 50 preschoolers celebrated Earth Day a few days late Friday, planting flowers and an oak tree at Rancho Santa Susana Santa Susana can refer to several places:
The youngsters from the park preschool programs also collected bits of nature - sticks, berries and leaves - to make nature collages. ``It's cool to collect nature,'' said Mykel Davis, 5. ``I like trees because they help the world and make the world beautiful.'' Cody Daste, 5, had an idea about how future generations might enjoy the new oak tree, which had been purchased at a discount by some of the parents. ``Maybe someday they can make a tree house in it,'' he said. As the sun finally emerged Friday morning, the children sat in groups on blankets creating their works of art. ``We just feel that kids need to have all kinds of different experiences,'' said teacher Kristen Castellano. ``Even though they're small, they can make a difference in the world.'' CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Baylee Acosta, 5, digs a hole for the new tree planted Friday at Rancho Santa Susana Community Park. (2 -- color -- ran in Simi SIMI Sea Ice Mechanics Initiative SIMI Search for Intelligent Monkeys on the Internet SIMI Students Islamic Movement in India SIMI Society of Irish Motor Industry SIMI Smallholder Irrigation Markets Initiative edition only) Equipped with tiny shovels, right, preschoolers shovel dirt into a hole where they planted a coastal live oak tree in Rancho Santa Susana Park. (3 -- color -- ran in Simi edition only) Preschoolers use crepe crepe (krāp), thin fabric of crinkled texture, woven originally in silk but now available in all major fibers. There are two kinds of crepe. paper to decorate the gnarled gnarled adj. 1. Having gnarls; knotty or misshapen: gnarled branches. 2. Morose or peevish; crabbed. 3. trunk of an oak tree in Rancho Santa Susana Park on Friday. Joe Binoya/Special to the Daily News |
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