Activity Introduction
Quick summary: This activity is designed to encourage children to consider how they can reduce waste and find creative ways to reuse and repurpose materials. They will also learn how much waste we create collectively and what can be done to reduce waste when we work together. Younger children will collect waste over a week then sort and measure it. Older children will collect waste and create a display that tells the story of waste in their local community or the service and come up with a plan to reduce it.
This activity is designed to help connect children to the wonders of the natural world through sensory and play-based learning.
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EYLF Learning Outcome |
Elaborations |
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Outcome 1: Children have a strong sense of identity |
2. Children develop their emerging autonomy, interdependence, resilience and sense of agency |
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Outcome 2: Children are connected with and contribute to their world |
3. Children become socially responsible and show respect for the environment |
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Outcome 3: Children have a strong sense of wellbeing |
2. Children take increasing responsibility for their own health and physical wellbeing |
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Outcome 4: Children are involved and confident learners |
1. Children develop dispositions for learning such as curiosity, cooperation, confidence, creativity, commitment, enthusiasm, persistence, imagination and reflexivity 2. Children develop a range of skills and processes such as problem solving, enquiry, experimentation, hypothesising, researching and investigating |
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Outcome 5: Children are effective communicators |
5. Children use information and communication technologies to access information, investigate ideas and represent their thinking |
Equipment needed: You will need a collection of waste materials (or alternatively pictures of materials); a large tarp; small tongs; your rubbish, recycling and compost bins; art and craft supplies for nest building (glue, masking tape, string, recycled materials, etc).
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Other resources:
Cool Australia Presents Waste from Cool Australia on Vimeo.
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