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Water |
Playing in water |
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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. |
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Water |
Water for Life |
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Find aquatic animals and plants. |
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Water |
Water for Life |
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Make a chart to keep track of watering plants in turns. |
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Water |
Playing in water |
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Observe how different objects float or sink. |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
What happens to our waste? |
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Put food waste into the compost bin. |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
What happens to our waste? |
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Role play a life cycle of beings and things - growth, death and decay e.g. plants, plastic item. |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
What happens to our waste? |
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Put coloured dye in water then put a celery stalk in, to watch how the dye rises in the stalk. This can show how chemicals in the water get into things that we eat. |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
Handcrafts |
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Touch, smell, feel and see different materials (e.g. wool, cotton, hemp, bamboo). |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
What happens to our waste? |
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Give thanks for the natural materials you use, ask permission to take the materials from nature, the tree, the riverbed etc. and promise to use them wisely. |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
Handcrafts |
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Listen to folk stories about traditional crafts. |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
What happens to our waste? |
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Sort different recyclable materials in the right container according to types |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
What happens to our waste? |
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Create a repair cafe with families repairing together, e.g. bicycles, toys etc. |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
What happens to our waste? |
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Feel the need for a nice clean (unpolluted) planet, e.g. through story or song. |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
What happens to our waste? |
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Observe how waste can be reused. |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
What happens to our waste? |
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Create a simple work (e.g. art) with recycled materials e.g. instruments for a sound garden. |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
Handcrafts |
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Model clay (preferably harvested locally). |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
What happens to our waste? |
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Create ways to exchange toys e.g. in a lottery or gift exchange. |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
Handcrafts |
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Learn some basic crafts (e.g. French knitting). |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
What happens to our waste? |
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Experiment with filtering water with different materials (e.g. Galium aparine). |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
Handcrafts |
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Happa Zome/ textile imprinting. |
