Rice Babies: An FWCD Tradition
August 26th 2022
Thirty-one years and counting … the Rice Babies project is a rite of passage for all Fort Worth Country Day first graders. Asked to bring rice to school equal to their birth weight, students create their very own baby filled with rice. On Thursday, August 25, parents and teachers, outfitted in scrubs, helped students fill tea-dyed socks with rice and added wiggly eyes, a pacifier and a belly button. The newborns were then swaddled in baby blankets, many of which were the first-graders special “blankies” when they were babies themselves.
Together with their rice babies, students take part in activities that include reading, singing lullabies, and art projects. The lesson teaches first graders about caring for others, but also introduces math concepts of weight, measurement, time and dates, as well as birth order in a family. View the slideshow.
