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Environmental sustainability
Use natural resources in the setting such as leaves, and sticks, conkers. Development matters states for practitioners to 'make collections of natural materials to investigate and talk about'. Practitioners should also provide the equipments so the children can investigate these further for example a magnifying glass.
Teach the children about recycling by setting up continuous provision activity where they explore recycling and separate different materials
Having recycling bins within the early years setting, getting children to recycle their milk bottles.
What is it? Protecting and conserving bio diversity and ensuring natural resources are utilised efficiently
Planting trees, and plants with the children, teaching the children how to look after the natural environment.
Use books that teach the children about the natural environment and what they can do to help.
Complete plastic bag weaving and then the children can use this in forest school.
Reading books such as what a waste, this shows children how to look after the world that we live in, like littering and how that is bad for the environment.
Development matters says to 'encourage toddlers and young children to enjoy and explore the natural world'
Teach the children about animals and what they can do to help so they do not become extinct. Learning about animals is also part of the National Curriculum. In development matters it says to 'encourage children's exploration, curiosity, appreciation for living things'.
DEVELOPMENT MATTERS: Encourage toddlers and young children to enjoy and explore the
natural world.
Running in the long grass
Splashing in puddles
Walking in the rain will wellies on.
DEVELOPMENT MATTER: Show and explain the concepts of growth, change and decay with
natural materials.
Plant seeds and bulbs so children can see the growth and decay of them.
Help children to care for animals and take part in first-hand scientific
explorations of an-imal life cycles, such as caterpillars or chick eggs.
Lots of classes, will have duck eggs/chick eggs and watch them hatch and grow, this gives children first hand experiences.
NATIONAL CURRICULUM: Seasonal changes
Observe changes across the four seasons
Observe and describe weather associated with the seasons and how day length varies.
As part of the national curriculum children are also expected to learn about the use of everyday materials including wood, metal, plastic, brick, rock and paper. With this the practitioner could incorporate recycling these materials.
Forest School is a child-centred learning process, providing learner inspired, hands-on experiences in the natural environment. It's creative and can increase a child's confidence as they problem-solve and learn to manage risks. Forest School encourages children to explore the natural environment and learn in it.
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