BEING WHO WE WANT OUR CHILDREN TO BECOME

Helping younger students come to grips with the environment is more about action than “re-action” to news of gloom and doom. Younger students ( through fourth grade) really need to be engaged with their environment. When they enter middle school, they will be better prepared to understand the science of our environmental needs and be in the mode of DOING already. At that point ,they can , of course become important and informed advocates in their schools, homes and communities. For young students I love this site because bugs and the love of the earth is such a basic part of growing up. And the ‘helper’ bugs, like these are so wonderful to  incorporate into young children’s lives. I hope you’ll take a minute to consider the project and maybe it will inspire one of your own!http://www.lostladybug.org/ In the series , Americans Who Tell the Truth, the portrait of Rachel Carson inspires us as adults to live up to our responsibility in connecting young people with the natural world before they grow up and out of the stage of wonder. This responsibility has become even more important in our times.  Here is a video created for a school project by a tenth grade student featuring a biography and footage of Rachel Carson speaking.