These educational materials are designed to introduce preschool children to the concepts of respiratory health, air quality, and caring for the environment. Early childhood services can provide meaningful hand on learning. Australia’s environments have led to some pretty special plants that exist nowhere else in the world.
Gardening with young children is a powerful way to teach sustainability, fostering a lifelong appreciation for nature. Practicing sustainability empowers children to construct knowledge, explore values and develop an appreciation of the environment and its relationship to their worlds. When educators introduce children to plants and gardens, they foster a respect for the environment, helping them learn about natural materials and their own health and wellbeing.
Children have the chance to work scientifically as they identify and classify plants; Teaching children about sustainability enables them to appreciate and respect the natural environment. Nature items such as plants, insects, and animals can be used in a variety of ways to support children's learning about the natural environment. They can explore and consolidate mathematical skills through counting scoops of dirt, filling pots and.