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Holistic Planning

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 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.
The animal, fungus and bacteria kingdoms The animal kingdom: Patterns, functions, relationships Build shelters for wild animals (e.g. bird boxes, log piles).
The animal, fungus and bacteria kingdoms The animal kingdom: Patterns, functions, relationships Recognise different animals signs including tracks, feathers, droppings, burrows, hairs.
The animal, fungus and bacteria kingdoms The animal kingdom: Patterns, functions, relationships Listen to animal sounds at different times of day/night (e.g. birds, crickets etc.)
The animal, fungus and bacteria kingdoms The animal kingdom: Patterns, functions, relationships Observe the life-cycle of an animal (e.g. an egg growing into a caterpillar then a butterfly).
The animal, fungus and bacteria kingdoms The animal kingdom: Patterns, functions, relationships Discuss the signs of health vs sickness in animals.
The animal, fungus and bacteria kingdoms The animal kingdom: Patterns, functions, relationships Identify some local birds from their song/call. Imitate them together.
The animal, fungus and bacteria kingdoms The animal kingdom: Patterns, functions, relationships Identify some locally common minibeasts.
The animal, fungus and bacteria kingdoms The animal kingdom: Patterns, functions, relationships Whilst looking at animal tracks or signs, guess which animal made them and imagine what the animal was doing. Tell the story, maybe even acting it out.
The animal, fungus and bacteria kingdoms The animal kingdom: Patterns, functions, relationships Make a poster (or use an app) to give a voice to an animal - describing its rights (e.g. freedom to move and play outside, to have natural food to eat).
The animal, fungus and bacteria kingdoms The animal kingdom: Patterns, functions, relationships Discuss ways which animals help people, and how (e.g. bees pollinate plants without which we wouldn't eat any fruit, spiders eat mosquitoes).
The animal, fungus and bacteria kingdoms The animal kingdom: Patterns, functions, relationships Learn how the food web and web of life works in a particular local habitat.
The animal, fungus and bacteria kingdoms The animal kingdom: Patterns, functions, relationships Learn about animal adaptations to extreme conditions (e.g. cold, wet, dry, hot).
The animal, fungus and bacteria kingdoms The animal kingdom: Patterns, functions, relationships Do the web of life activity to see how animals are connected to everything else in the web of life; and how each part of the web can affect the whole habitat.
The animal, fungus and bacteria kingdoms The animal kingdom: Patterns, functions, relationships Visit different animal habitats/homes e.g. ponds, rocks.
My body, heart and mind Taking care of my body, heart and mind Say thank you to our bodies for all the things they enable us to do.
My body, heart and mind Taking care of my body, heart and mind Do a children's yoga session using a story to frame different poses such as walking a dog (head down dog), we met a cat (cat pose) and a child eating a pizza (sit with legs in front, sprinkle whatever ingredients children want over the pizza by tapping straight legs down to toes).

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