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Guest Post: A Guide to Raising Future Environmental Stewards

5/4/2018

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Are you raising a future environmental steward? While you may value measures that seek to preserve this wonderful planet, it is essential to begin teaching your children those same values early on. Even though issues of recycling, global warming, and pollution can seem like complex topics to explain to your little ones, there are easy ways to help them understand the importance of taking care of the environment. You can also empower them with ways to actively learn about and work toward a better future for the planet. Not sure where to get started? Discover three ways to help your children become environmental stewards as they get older.

Teach your children the importance of recycling

Recycling is one of the most fundamental eco-friendly concepts that you can teach your child. Children can easily understand the concept of using bottles, paper, and other recyclable items to create new items. Explain the basic significance of recycling, and involve your child in related activities. Start to explain which items are appropriate for the recycling bin, and which items must go into the garbage. Have your child use recyclables to create something new, such as a picture frame. You can also involve your child as part of your at-home recycling efforts.

Take care of nature in your backyard

Explore nature without ever leaving home! As your space allows, teach your child about the importance of nature in your own backyard. From attracting native birds to your garden using various techniques to starting an eco-friendly garden, the possibilities are endless. Your home can serve as a wonderful place to show your child all of the elements of nature in one place. Explain the importance of water conservation, keeping garbage out of the environment, and taking care of animals. A garden can be an engaging place that will bring environmental lessons to life.
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Use arts and crafts as a means to discuss the environment

One of the best ways to convey ideas that are more complex is through arts and crafts. Topics such as pollution and global warming can be a little more challenging to grasp, and may not make sense through explanation alone. Using a craft to help your child better understand more advanced ideas is highly effective. Additionally, it is also fun to reinforce easy-to-understand environmental and nature concepts with arts and crafts. Have your child paint the planet, create a bird feeder, or build a container for a plant.

Teaching your children about the environment can be a fun and enjoyable experience. By including them in your home recycling efforts, teaching them to take care of nature, and utilising arts and crafts, your child is on an excellent path to becoming an environmental steward.

Jane Sandwood is a professional freelance writer and content editor with over 10 years’ experience across many fields. Jane has a particular interest in issues relating to health, fitness and nutrition.
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9 Comments
Sophie's Nursery link
10/4/2018 02:35:25 pm

Couldn't agree more - it is so important to teach these things to young children. We try & do activities like these as often as possible :) x

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Hannah link
11/4/2018 08:40:06 am

Such good advice. I haven't taught my children any of this before and it frustrates my how my oldest leaves lights on and the tv on and doesn't think about the damage that is doing to the environment. Make it interesting and they'll love it.

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Cath - BattleMum link
11/4/2018 09:40:03 am

I am trying to teach my son about recycling. Granted he doesn't understand it yet but I'm trying to get him to remember to put things like his yogurt cartons into the recycling bin instead of the regular one. We are also trying to get him closer to nature through our garden and he currently has a fascination with worms, so I've been talking to him about the importance of them for plants and birds alike.

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Kaz | Ickle Pickles Life link
11/4/2018 05:00:14 pm

This is such an important cause - we recycle as much as possible and the teens get involved too. Kaz

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CHLOE CILIBERTO link
11/4/2018 06:55:05 pm

Our four year old knows lots about recycling already and regularly helps out. We live by the beach so we take part in regular beach cleans too and she understands how important it is to protect both the animals around us and the environment. x

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Anosa link
12/4/2018 09:36:54 am

This is so true and so important we need to teach our kids early on, my nephew loves clean and sometimes recycles his mum's things lol

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katie link
13/4/2018 08:07:38 am

I love this. I completely agree that children need to be educated on recycling from a young age and I love that you've introduced crafts to help with the point.

Katie xoxo

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Beth @ BethinaBox.com link
13/4/2018 12:43:24 pm

Great post, and something I'd never actually thought about. My kids understand why we recycle but if I'm completely honest we haven't gone much further than this at home.

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Jordanne | Thelifeofaglasgowgirl link
14/4/2018 09:11:30 pm

I really try to teach my little bear about the environment and how to care for it. He's a pro at recycling in the house now which I love and now we are starting on nature and caring for the world around us. Great post.

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