8 Ways to create environment awareness in children

Children are the future of all of us, future of the world and that’s why we can say that they are the builder of our earth and nature. So, we make sure that our children should not make the same mistakes we have made. So, to create environment awareness in children is become an important task and also responsibility as a human being. Children are fast learner and to teach them something new is being easy for us.

Here are some points so you can easily create environment awareness in children.

Be an Example for them

Children can learn easily and without much efforts when you show them example by yourself. If you already have a habit to save water, electricity and other natural resources, the greater chances that your child will follow it.

For instance, turn off faucet while brushing, turn off lights and fan while leaving the room, use RO waste water etc.

Develop habits

Develop habits like always carry cloth bag with you to avoid usage of plastic bags. Reuse plastic bags, carry water bottle to avoid pet bottles, make compost from your kitchen waste. Separate trash into wet, dry dustbin, etc. Recycle plastic and e-waste. There are lot more habits that you can develop and make your environment safe. By developing healthy habit for healthy environment sustain living beings on earth.

Learn with Fun

For children learning with fun become an easy task. Whenever you are being creative with your idea and make it enjoyable for kids, they like it so much to learn with fun.

For instance, create a task like reuse the waste bottles or anything, task to throw different trash into different colour dustbin accordingly.

Some documentaries on nature (animals, ocean, earth, pollution etc.) is also one of the fun way to make connection. It would be anything according to their choice and interest. The main thing is that they will learn something new and out of the text books. They get knowledge of nature and develop habit.

Teach them the power of 3 Rs

The three Rs are REDUSE, REUSE and RECYCLE.

This are the most powerful weapon to fight with pollution which is harmful for our environment and teach this to your child is a wonderful idea. It makes them more productive and creative.

Stay connected with the Nature

This is the best way to make connection with nature and create environment awareness in children. You can take them to the garden, jungle safari, or city outskirt area instead of big malls and urban street. mountain trekking, wild life sanctuaries, scuba diving is the best adventurous and education trip for teenagers. Visiting farms and villages, or taking them to zoo or botanical gardens are also

In this way they can feel connection between the nature and themselves. They become aware of their surroundings and like to explore it. They will love to learn by their experience.

Explain their queries

Children are very curious and not afraid to ask questions. Whenever they show interest in nature and environment, catch the moment to explain. Fulfil their curiosity in easy language.

For instance, they ask questions like, how the clouds are format, why trees are important etc.

Let them observe the nature

When you take them close to the nature, let them observe the nature. Give them enough time to explore and absorb the aura of surrounding. It gives them experience. They feel calm and rejuvenate from inner self.

Teach them to respect Nature

To respect every part of nature is a very old concept. In our culture we were used to worship all the element of nature. Even we still believe to worship plants, animals, mountain and rivers. Nature is a part of our culture and the concept to not spoil it is derived from our old age rituals. Let our children know that how our culture has shaped and how we respect and show gratitude to our environment.

 

Say ‘No’ to Plastic

Today plastic become the most toxic material for environment as it is hard to dispose and literally chocked our earth. So, teaching them to use minimual plastic and if it is in use then reuse it and then recycle it. 

Atleast for now we have no other sustainable material to replace plastic but mindful usage of it is must.

Develop a habit to use alternate material to avoid plastic. 

 

In this fast world of technology we become slave of gadgets. The nature, our environment is the one which can rejuvenate us and ofcourse our children.

We have just only one earth and it became our necessity to make it breathable so our next generation can sustain a life on it. And for that we must adopt healthy lifestyle and correct our mistakes. The first step toward it is to create awareness in children. 

 

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