Eco-friendly workshops and activities to do with your child

Our children and the world around us are undeniably the adults and the environment of tomorrow. It therefore makes complete sense to nurture their awareness of caring for our beautiful planet from the very earliest age. And of course, there are things you can put in place with them to do just that! We dedicate this article to eco-friendly workshops and activities to do with your child to raise environmental awareness from the very youngest age. We cover them in detail right here.

Eco-friendly workshops and activities to do with your child to raise environmental awareness from the very youngest age: from 18 months, here is what you can put in place

Once your baby is toddling about confidently and easily understands what you expect of them, you can start putting things in place together. Indeed, on a daily basis it will be both enjoyable and beneficial for the environment to introduce activities and workshops with your little one. And of course, in a completely playful way!

From this age, your little one will take great pleasure in copying how a nearby adult acts. And at the top of the list of first eco-friendly activities that your baby will enjoy, we start with homemade recipes to make together. This will help your child understand that it's not always necessary to buy things — on the contrary, it's far more fun to make them!

What's more, they'll discover the satisfaction that comes from something they've made themselves!

You can also try a seed-planting workshop with your little one — a lovely opportunity to teach your baby the pleasure of creating a little insect hotel, which will help promote biodiversity in the garden, in the city, or wherever you choose!

Once they've passed the age of 3, there are even more choices when it comes to eco-friendly workshops and activities to do with your child to raise environmental awareness from the very youngest age.

We continue our personal list of moments of sharing and eco-friendliness that are sure to be wonderful! Once your child has developed their motor skills further, you'll be able to teach them to take action at home in particular!

Actions at home

To start, what better than reducing waste! To introduce this awareness, you could for instance start a compost bin to begin this reduction! Indeed, what better way to introduce them to sorting waste, but in a more precise manner. In other words, show them concretely "how everything returns to the earth".

Your child will be able to observe the different stages of decomposition as the days go by. And this will help them understand the reason behind this practice.

And plenty of other activities outside the home too!

In addition to this, you can also plan a walk to pick up litter. What a great idea! Discovering the world and helping to preserve it! At the beach, in the forest, in the neighbourhood, or in the open countryside. One thing is certain: this eco-friendly activity will combine learning with togetherness! Do it in a small or large group!

Finally, when it comes to eco-friendly workshops and activities to do with your child to raise environmental awareness from the very youngest age, you could also read and play around the theme of ecology. Organise a jumble sale so they can give a second life to their toys or clothes. Also teach them to reduce pollution by getting around on foot or by bike.

Or have fun identifying materials that can be recycled, with a view to making small toys! For example, with water bottle caps, clothes pegs, or wooden skewers, it's easy to make a little car or a pirate ship!

You can even try making crafts using natural materials! Yet another idea our little ones love without a shadow of a doubt!

So there you have it — a few good ideas that you can develop further. By thinking them through together with your little ones during a workshop! Good ideas lead to more ideas, and with enthusiasm they may even come from your children themselves!

And finally, keep in mind that you are your child's very first role model!

Absolutely! Learning happens through imitation and inspiration from those who are older. So you yourself are the ultimate example for your little ones. On an eco-friendly path, you therefore hold an important and central place for the future. It is our duty as parents to raise awareness.

And this through the small everyday gestures we share with our children. Turning off the light. Closing the door when leaving a room. Turning off the tap when brushing teeth. Or turning off the computer or games console when you've finished using it — these are simple actions that your children can adopt.

All the more so if, from the very youngest age, these gestures are integrated in a completely natural way.

Furthermore, you can also raise your children's awareness of ecology by consuming responsibly, and by encouraging them, for example, to use both sides of the sheets of paper they use. Or even to transform their gorgeous works of art into beautiful origami! With a little thought, there's plenty to do — and at any age!