Early childhood children are more likely to engage in behaviors that are harmful to our environment than those of more developed children. In fact, children who are exposed to environmental problems in early childhood are more likely to be overweight or obese by adolescence, experience cognitive deficits, and suffer from poor academic performance.
That’s why I am always amazed at how many parents and educators don’t realize that “environmental” in the form of “early childhood” is actually a terrible idea. Early childhood environmental education is a way for these people to create a better world for their children without realizing it’s not beneficial for their children. If you take a quick glance at the U.S.
The United States was the world’s first developed nation that had a population of 11 million people, and there was a population of about 7500 people per state, which is roughly equivalent to America today (as of 2006). The percentage of children aged 3-5 years who are overweight or obese is about 1.5% in the U.S.
This is a good starting point to begin at the end of childhood. It’s a lot easier to start an education if your children are going to be able to learn. We have a good beginning to our kids at school where you can start with a group of kids who know how to get some advice from their teacher. We want to start our children with a basic basic understanding of environmental science and how to learn how to save the planet and get what we need for our future.
And yes, this is part of what the “early childhood environmental education” is about. The idea is that children are still learning how to make sense of the world, but that they are also learning about the environment around them and the resources they need to survive. It is about teaching children how to learn about the world around them and what it means to be a person in a global society.
All the above is great and all, but I think we can make it a bit more specific. What I’m talking about here is environmental education. This isn’t the lesson that goes along with the lesson the teacher is teaching. The idea is that this is about environmental education because it’s about the environment. And because the environment is a complex system that depends on our actions, it’s more important than ever that children learn to value the world around them and how to protect it.
Well, I guess, that means we need to teach kids about the environment and how to protect it. But when you have kids, you don’t just teach them about the environment. You teach them to protect it. And if you teach them to protect it, its that much harder. Because as our previous conversation with Miss V about her time loop, it’s like she’s trying to teach an environmental disaster to a kid who has no idea that it’s even happening.
Although it’s not so much a “green” education as it is a “green” education with a bad name, kids can learn about the environment in a number of ways. The best way to teach kids about the environment is through play. Even with that said, it is not enough to just teach them about conservation or recycling. Play can be used to teach kids about the environment in other ways.
I’m not a teacher, and I’ll admit I’ve never done any kind of classroom training, but I still think play is a great way to teach kids about the environment. I think the best way to do that is through role play. Here are two great examples.
A few years ago I had the opportunity to do two field trips with a bunch of students. One of these trips was a weekend field trip to the Natural History Museum in Washington, DC. During the trip, the kids were given a few field guides of the museum. During one of the field trips, we were supposed to do a guided tour of the museum through the various galleries.