My contribution to Earth day is the work I do with young children around taking care of our trees and the gardens we have in our pre-school. So much learning to do that isn't being done at home. Children tried to cut down a young tree with large plastic spades and told me they hated trees. A big discussion was had on the importance of trees and then we bandaged the tree because they had completely ring-barked it (taken off the bark in a complete circle). Which will kill the tree.
I am so happy you were there to help the children understand the importance of trees and nature. I wonder why anyone would "hate trees"? That's a sad thing to hear a child say đŸ˜¥ Thank you for taking the opportunity to teach him a different way of seeing things đŸ’–đŸŒ³đŸŒ´đŸ’•
Yes it was certainly a great learning opportunity. The problem I think is that traditional preschools don’t cater well enough for the needs of boys to be boys. Some do better in Forest kindergartens or Waldorf where they get to play in real water courses with logs and rocks. They learn how to make and use safe swords, as well as use real tools for cutting in the right way.
My contribution to Earth day is the work I do with young children around taking care of our trees and the gardens we have in our pre-school. So much learning to do that isn't being done at home. Children tried to cut down a young tree with large plastic spades and told me they hated trees. A big discussion was had on the importance of trees and then we bandaged the tree because they had completely ring-barked it (taken off the bark in a complete circle). Which will kill the tree.
I am so happy you were there to help the children understand the importance of trees and nature. I wonder why anyone would "hate trees"? That's a sad thing to hear a child say đŸ˜¥ Thank you for taking the opportunity to teach him a different way of seeing things đŸ’–đŸŒ³đŸŒ´đŸ’•
Yes it was certainly a great learning opportunity. The problem I think is that traditional preschools don’t cater well enough for the needs of boys to be boys. Some do better in Forest kindergartens or Waldorf where they get to play in real water courses with logs and rocks. They learn how to make and use safe swords, as well as use real tools for cutting in the right way.