Welcome to the Children in Permaculture Activities section
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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
Water Playing in water Play with water, e.g. at a water-table, practice pouring, floating. Reuse water by giving it to plants.
Water Playing in water Paint with watercolors on wet paper, mixing colors as they spread into one another.
Water Playing in water Listen to a story of the journey of water: from a drop to the ocean.
Water Playing in water Do a story massage for a partner - using movements that represent the flowing of water, the pattering of rain and the sun drying up the rain.
Water Playing in water Observe the differences between flowing water and stagnant water.
Water Playing in water Observe different densities of liquid (oil, water, honey).
Water Playing in water Read some of the sayings from the Tao Te Ching that describe water's power - how it flows around obstacles, wears down rocks etc. Discuss in what ways water is strong, even though it seems weak, and in which ways we are sometimes like water.
Water Playing in water Song - Shimshai "Pure, pure like the water".
Water Playing in water Add some soil to water - and shake it up - use it as a metaphor to discuss how sometimes our mind gets full of thoughts and muddy or cloudy - and then when we are peaceful, it settles and becomes clear and pure again.
The animal, fungus and bacteria kingdoms Mushrooms See and touch different shapes/sizes/species of mushrooms with an adult.

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