And now, more than ever, it is vitally important that we instill in our students a sense of respect and appreciation for our natural resources. The great outdoors provides more than just a beautiful place to visit. It s also very important to our health. Children may feel helpless about solving environmental problems. I can help children feel they are contributing to solutions by letting them care for a classroom plant, pet, aquarium, adopt a tree or other plant, purchase land in the rain forest, or adopt an animal.
Children can also participate in a recycling program.
Children will need to tell about the land and the climate where our school is located and the kinds of plants and animals they can see nearby. Ask the children if they ever wondered what it would be like to live in other places. Allow time for children to share their ideas about what life might be like in a desert, a rain forest, ocean, and forest. Many children from Faith have never travel far from home. Children may have a difficult time envisioning the height of a rain forest tree, the vastness of an ocean, or the intense heat of a desert.