worms in motion

i took the bin, newspapers, dechlorinated water, worms, and manure to the childcare center today and had the kids assist in the setup after an entertaining vermicompost roundtable. we shredded the sunday paper together. i dampened and fluffed the bedding to about 6 inches deep. we added the worms together - they're so cute! i sprinkled a large coffee can full of manure over the worms and added a light cover of dampened bedding. while rick appreciated the concept of the clear bin, he also noted that worms like dark and damp. good point, so we taped black construction around the worms' new home so light is kept out and we can lift to view.
i have about 2lbs of scraps from sunday decomposing in manure that we'll add under the top layer of bedding on thursday for our wigglers to dine on over the weekend. on monday we'll add this week's childcare scraps to the bin and proceed daily from there.