When children are young, before engaging in complex learning on the issues of global warming, it is important to create a link between the child and nature.
Maria Montessori devoted a fundamental place to nature within her pedagogy.
1/ A treasure hunt in nature
Prepare a list of natural elements to find as quickly as possible.
Adapt the list, according to location and season. For example, in a forest in the fall, one can imagine the following list : yellow leaf, leafless tree, acorns, mushroom, purple flower, fern, pinecone, footprints of animal, bark, cobweb .. .
At the sea, at low tide, in summer : different types of shells, seaweed, knife holes…
The child must point to all the items on the list and then check them off (print pictures if he cannot read). It is important to explain to him that he must not uproot any plant and not bother insects and animals.
Indeed, these types of games are the perfect opportunity to teach him to preserve nature.
2/ Fill in your herbarium
During a walk in nature, collect pretty flowers and pretty plants together.
Insist well on the fact that one should not take more than necessary and that one should especially not tear off rare or threatened plants. There are generally not too many risks in the forest, but it is important to make children aware of these issues from an early age.
On your return, leave them to dry in the heart of a large heavy book for one to two weeks. Then stick them in a nice notebook dedicated to your finds.
You can add dates and drawings that will be memories. If the activity appeals to your child, do not hesitate to invest in a book listing the main species of plants .