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
My body, heart and mind Taking care of my body, heart and mind Discuss what makes people healthy and happy.
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.
Design Surveying the landscape and people Become familiar with common natural patterns e.g. branching, spiral, sphere, webs, concentric circles, scatter.
Design Surveying the landscape and people Identify various patterns in many different places and in different scales e.g. branching/spirals
Design Surveying the landscape and people See a map being created
Design Surveying the landscape and people See and read maps made by others
Design Surveying the landscape and people Observe the feelings and needs of yourself and others.
Design Surveying the landscape and people Use all the senses to make observations (e.g skin for microclimates)
Design Surveying the landscape and people Observe and recognise well designed systems in the human environment (e.g. school kitchen, permaculture garden/farm, city squares that have multiple functions etc.).
Design Surveying the landscape and people Experience different microclimates in different weather, notice the differences with all your senses.
Design Surveying the landscape and people Learn about the history of the place and indigenous/traditional knowledge in the area
Design Surveying the landscape and people Appreciate the designs in nature that help natural systems to work well.
Design Surveying the landscape and people Make maps and diagrams about information gathered
Design Surveying the landscape and people Make a map with overlays of the different microclimates in a garden - sun/shades, wet/dry, wind/shelter.
Design Surveying the landscape and people Interview, or create a questionnaire/survey to give out to, children, friends or other people about their needs and wishes for the design.
Design Surveying the landscape and people List all the different resources which you have that could be relevant, e.g. using headings of paste (plants, animals, structures, tools and events).
Design Surveying the landscape and people Appreciate the designs in the human environment that help systems to work well.
Design Surveying the landscape and people Explore the basics of map reading and making (e.g. bird’s eye view, scale, north, title, key).
Soil and stone Stones Learn the main ways which rocks are formed (if children interested can use names igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic) and how that relates to forming soils, thus our food.
Soil and stone Stones Give thanks to stones and all the different things they give to us, e.g. warmth, buildings, walls, soil, a place for minibeasts to live.

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