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Little Bears
29 November 2008
Ideas for a Greener Homeschool
I think that home-based education already has the potential of being automatically greener than travelling to school elsewhere: we don't need to drive to school, small 'human' scale operations tend to be less wasteful than big 'corporations', for example.
But here's a place to share and think about ways to become greener in our homeschooling.
Here are my preliminary ideas:
- Use both sides of paper, including using the other side of printed papers (recycle your unwanted post this way)
- Avoid consumables where possible (do your writing on whiteboards or chalk boards or maybe, if you're technologically up-to-date, on interactive whiteboards!) and / or get your children to give their answers orally rather than writing them down in consumable books - that way they can be used again.
- Sell, 'freecycle' (give away) or exchange any unwanted materials http://www.freecycle.org/
- Use second-hand books and materials where possible
- Use online materials that don't need to be printed where possible
- Use recycled materials for your arts projects, or non-recyclable materials that would otherwise end up in the trash (but better still, try to purchase less non-recyclable items)
- Go on nature walks (instilling a love of the natural world in your children is probably the best 'green' thing you can teach them!)
- Get involved with a conservation trust as part of your homeschool activities
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Please add your own ideas!
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28 June 2008
Nature-study in the UK
28 June 2008
Firecrest, the Little King
 Hello!
I thought I would share what we've learnt this morning.
We were reading about the 'firecrest', which is apparently one of the UK's smallest (if not *the* smallest) bird, though I had never heard of it before now.
I checked it out on the RSPB's website, and was pleased to find that they have a sample of its song together with lots of information:
http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/f/firecrest/index.asp
We're just on the edge of being in the right area to find the firecrest, so I will have to make a note to look for it when we go out towards the south-east.
The book we were reading, by the way (if any of you are interested) is '366 and more Nature Stories', published by Brown Watson.
The author is Anne-Marie Dalmais with illustrations by Annie Bonhomme. It seems to have been written originally in Europe (printed in Milan) and is translated into English and edited by Colin Clark. It is a great book for nature study, with short and sweet little stories every day of the year, separated by seasons (so starts with Spring rather than January). It's beautifully illustrated (drawings rather than photos, which I prefer personally).
It is available through used booksellers.
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