Welcome to the Children in Permaculture Activities section
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 Theme:
A. Introducing permaculture
B. Living nature
C. Design
D. Growing food
E. Built environment and resource use
F. Social permaculture 		Holistic planning (HP):
Eyes
Hands
Heart
Head 		Age:
3-6
7-12

Theme  Topic  Sub Topic Age HP Details
Connections The big family of nature: all of nature is connected and we all need each other Spot evidence of an animal eating a plant or animal.
Connections The big family of nature: all of nature is connected and we all need each other Listen to a story about a tree, and how it is connected to each of different animals, mushrooms and plants (children can be included e.g. through climbing the tree, eating it's fruit etc).
Connections The big family of nature: all of nature is connected and we all need each other Listen to stories about connections, such as the books "All I see is a part of me" by Chara Curtis, "The Lorax" by Dr. Suess, "Uno's Garden" by Graeme Base.
Connections The big family of nature: all of nature is connected and we all need each other Express how you feel about something natural through interacting with it, e.g. hug a tree, stroke an animal, smell a flower, jump in a puddle, slide in mud.
Connections The big family of nature: all of nature is connected and we all need each other Find out about fungus and explore the big family of nature.
Connections The big family of nature: all of nature is connected and we all need each other Draw, paint or model clay about a connection between a plant or animal and something else.
Connections The web of life Experience a natural system (e.g. a native woodland) whilst blindfolded, how many different bird songs can you catch? How many different species can you feel/smell/hear?
Connections The web of life Experiment with growing seeds: compare seeds which are given most their needs but no water, to one which has no sun, or air, or if a seed has all it's needs met.
Connections The web of life Stay overnight in the wood to get deeper connections to nature and each other.
Connections The web of life List all the inputs and the outputs for a common plant or animal (different groups could take different plants/animals), get creative, see how many inputs/outputs you can list. Draw the connections with other plants and animals, can you draw it into a closed loop system where all the outputs become inputs for something else?

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