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
Growing food Food forests Play a game (e.g. with cards) matching the needs with the outputs for different elements in a food forest.
Growing food Food forests Be involved in designing and planting a food forest.
Growing food Food forests Maintain a food forest through removing tree guards, pruning, chopping and dropping 'weeds'.
Growing food Food forests Make non-food products from a food forest (e.g. dye clothes, weave baskets, beeswax candles).
Growing food Food forests Value diversity in the food forest through story or song.
Growing food Food forests Visualise walking through a food forest and foraging different types of plants, herbs, honey, roots and more, and collect into a beautiful basket to share with other people in the local community.
Growing food Food forests Sit quietly in a food forest, listening, drawing, writing poems etc.
Growing food Food forests Learn what a food forest is and how it can meet our food needs.
Growing food Food forests Discuss each of the permaculture principles to see how many you can find in a food forest.
Growing food Food forests Say the names and discuss the uses of plants in the food forest.
Plants and trees Fire Feel the warmth of an open fire.
Plants and trees Fire Be safe around a fire (by staying at the edge of the fire circle unless invited in by an adult)
Plants and trees Fire Feed a campfire safely with dry, brown wood.
Plants and trees Fire Collect wild garlic and use it to make garlic bread over the campfire.
Plants and trees Fire Tell stories and sing songs around a fire.
Plants and trees Fire Go on a candlelit procession outside at night, carrying candles in lanterns which they have made or decorated themselves from recycled materials (e.g. jam jars). Optionally, older children could be stationed along the procession dressed in costume and acting out/telling a story.
Plants and trees Fire See and smell fire and see how it changes when different materials are burning (non-toxic ones).
Plants and trees Fire Cook flat bread, e.g. chapati, on the campfire.
Plants and trees Fire Roast vegetable shish kebabs (vegetables on a green stick) over the fire.
Plants and trees Fire Learn the fire safety rules (e.g. having long hair and loose clothes tied back, kneeling in the 'respect' position on one knee, walking around the outside of the fire circle etc.).

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