Early Education For Environmental Challenges: Concepts And Solutions
We face many environmental and social challenges in our growing world, such as resource depletion, water and air pollution, marine debris and air quality.
The good news is, the human race has created many viable solutions such as: ~ Recycling ~ Ocean Conservation ~ Solar Power ~ Wind Power ~ Hydro-electric power ~ Upcycling In a continuing effort to save our world, parents and teachers can introduce children to the concepts of recycling and taking care of the Earth at a preschool and kindergarten age.
Children ages 3-6 are most susceptible to new concepts that will be carried into adulthood.
There is a wonderful teaching tool, The Smidgen book series, that teaches children to recycle and conserve in a fun way with a clever cast of characters.
"Crush and the Blue Box", the first book in the series, teaches children to recycle.
"Ryder and the Clear Blue Ocean", the second in the series, teaches children to take care of the ocean, while also introducing the concepts of solar power, wind power and hydro-electric power, in a way the child will appreciate and understand.
Every child who learns to recycle at a young age will create a life long impact on the community and ultimately the world; the children are taught "Every little bit counts!" Our society is quickly moving away from the generation of consumption and moving toward a new generation of conservation.
Green acts are talking place in many schools and companies, for example: recycling boxes at a hardware company, installing energy efficient lighting, replacing travel size shampoo bottles with large pump bottles in hotels, and carpooling.
Children are beginning to learn at a young age not only to "reduce, reuse and recycle", but there is also a healthy eating and exercising movement taking place.
These are all wonderful practices toward bettering our earth and ensuring the health of our children as well as the Earth.
Future Smidgens will address healthy eating topics as well as charitable acts and the childhood concept of sharing.
Children learning about these social issues ultimately influence their parents as well; parents often admit they began recycling because their children requested they do so.
The Smidgen book series gives parents and teachers an easy and accessible solution that captures the breadth of the conservation movement with a set of unique characters in an informative setting.
Catching the preschoolers at this early stage of childhood development will help promote green behaviors one Smidgen at a time.
The good news is, the human race has created many viable solutions such as: ~ Recycling ~ Ocean Conservation ~ Solar Power ~ Wind Power ~ Hydro-electric power ~ Upcycling In a continuing effort to save our world, parents and teachers can introduce children to the concepts of recycling and taking care of the Earth at a preschool and kindergarten age.
Children ages 3-6 are most susceptible to new concepts that will be carried into adulthood.
There is a wonderful teaching tool, The Smidgen book series, that teaches children to recycle and conserve in a fun way with a clever cast of characters.
"Crush and the Blue Box", the first book in the series, teaches children to recycle.
"Ryder and the Clear Blue Ocean", the second in the series, teaches children to take care of the ocean, while also introducing the concepts of solar power, wind power and hydro-electric power, in a way the child will appreciate and understand.
Every child who learns to recycle at a young age will create a life long impact on the community and ultimately the world; the children are taught "Every little bit counts!" Our society is quickly moving away from the generation of consumption and moving toward a new generation of conservation.
Green acts are talking place in many schools and companies, for example: recycling boxes at a hardware company, installing energy efficient lighting, replacing travel size shampoo bottles with large pump bottles in hotels, and carpooling.
Children are beginning to learn at a young age not only to "reduce, reuse and recycle", but there is also a healthy eating and exercising movement taking place.
These are all wonderful practices toward bettering our earth and ensuring the health of our children as well as the Earth.
Future Smidgens will address healthy eating topics as well as charitable acts and the childhood concept of sharing.
Children learning about these social issues ultimately influence their parents as well; parents often admit they began recycling because their children requested they do so.
The Smidgen book series gives parents and teachers an easy and accessible solution that captures the breadth of the conservation movement with a set of unique characters in an informative setting.
Catching the preschoolers at this early stage of childhood development will help promote green behaviors one Smidgen at a time.