Activities for Children to Explore the World and to Learn About the Environment1) Visit to East Coast Park and observe the litter and accumulated rubbish and fallen leaves, bald patches in the grass
1a) Maybe organise a beach clean-up
2) Video viewing about paper manufacture (How many trees have to be killed to produce a stack of paper?)
3) A visit to Sembawang Beach (there is a restaurant which dumps food remnants into the sea/ taps are facing the sea so that dirty water is piped back to the sea)
4) Instead of using commercial paints for art & craft, use natural dyes and colours such as beet roots, red cabbage water, old tamarind powder, and so forth)
5) Use home-made glue instead of commercial glue (using flour/starch remains from cooking)
6) Take the children outdoors and get them to distinguish between elements that are natural in the environment (e.g., stones and soil on the ground) and things that don't belong (such as litter --> stray cans etc)
7) Include environment-themed books in the class library
8) Teachers can travel and take videos of different scenes/landscapes/environments, and encourage the children and their parents to do the same when they travel
9) Use old flour and salt (home-made play dough) instead of buying commercial play dough
10) bring the children to visit the water reservoirs in Singapore, talk about water consumption in Singapore, and things that have innovated (NEWater)
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