I took part in an informal chat with three children that my sister teaches.(Palvey aged 9, Sanjay aged 8 and Bhadal aged 6).
I asked them what they knew about recycling and if they knew anything about the three 'Rs'.
The response i got was that they knew very little. They knew that recycle was 'something about sorting rubbish'. When asked what the three 'Rs' were, all of them knew recycle was one of them, but they struggled with the other two. When asked to quess what they could be, answers i got were 'rubbish' and 'red' (im not joking!)
When I asked them if they recycled at home, they said that their mum does it and that they don't get involved!
Some of my thoughts after asking them about their knowledge about being green was that mainly that we need to make it very clear what the three 'Rs' are!!
Another idea i had was to make a section where we create a kind of certificate for the children. We could have the three 'Rs' placed on a page and we ask the children to write down what 'Rs' they have practiced in a week..I think this idea would be very good for our project and it will hopefully involve the children in a more fun way!! :)
Shamama
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