Early Years – Go Green

With the increasing awareness of environmental protection, more and more attention has been paid to the recycling of resources. It is urgent to protect the ecological environment and the earth. If today one can sow a seed of environmental protection in the young hearts of children, then tomorrow the earth will be much greener.

 

Activity 1: Recycle Waste Material

“Waste reuse” is one of the good ways to protect the ecological environment. It let us find many treasures around us. A deep thinking, creative ideas and some practice can give new life to those everywhere. Ordinary waste lets children feel “garbage is misplaced resources”.

First, we encouraged the children to collect old things. During the process of collecting waste, children understood that different types of waste goods have different functions. To feel the close connection between human beings and the natural environment one needs to feel the importance of environmental protection, so that the awareness of environmental protection will be deeply planted into the hearts of young children.

Then, as they were inspired by nature, we wanted to create a colorful scroll of autumn. The materials were chosen from the children’s collection of junk.

Old bottle caps, packaging corrugated paper, paper rolls, etc.

 

The children divided the work and cooperated. While some do sunflowers and paint the blue sky, others make small ladybugs.

 

They took the small parts they had prepared and painted them into a colorful autumn picture as a whole piece of art.

These waste materials activities promoted and developed children’s creative thinking. At the same time, stimulated their interest in making toys out of waste materials, cultivated the environmental awareness of teachers and children in order to save energy, create a green campus thus featuring reading.

 

Activity 2: Practicing a ‘zero waste’ lifestyle

In addition to “turning waste into treasure”, what other ways can we effectively reduce the pollution of the environment? We were thinking together…A moment later, the kids offered some answers.

Wenyi said, let us use fewer plastic bags and use school bags to buy vegetables! Brandon also raised his hand high: We can eat more fruit and fewer snacks because snacks have packaging!

Why don’t we set up a zero-waste laboratory? In the latter days, we find out little by little how to achieve a zero-garbage life.

Victoria asked: “I have a dog at home. Does it cause pollution when he poops after I walk him?”Jed asks: How can I brush my teeth and wash my face without pollution?

Emma also had a question: If I go out to borrow books, what do I do?

 

There are all kinds of opportunities for people to make waste during their day, but they can also make lifestyle changes that do not produce any harmful waste. So, the children thought together and expressed our method and determination to live a zero-waste life with words and pictures.

Environmental protection and zero waste are not a slogan, we hope that one day when we leave this world, we do not add any burden to mother earth.  Let us gently go, as we gently came, leaving the Earth as beautiful creation.