Pre-schools and outdoor adventure schools do their part to nurture eco-conscious children.
Young participants during a walk in Dairy Farm Nature Park as part of Forest School Singapore’s camp in June.
Andre has been attending KiddiWinkie Schoolhouse’s Jurong Gateway centre since February. It is the first pre-school in Singapore to receive the Building and Construction Authority’s Green Mark Platinum 2023 award. Mr Nicholas Tan and his wife, Sharon, believe that it is important for their son, Andre, to grow up to be aware of environmental issues. PHOTO: COURTESY OF NICHOLAS TAN
Principal Ang Chui Hwa says teachers and pupils have been using scrap or discarded materials to create art pieces since 2009. Plants from the school garden are given to visitors to teach children to share what they have and that they do not need to buy, adds Mrs Ang. “If we start sharing the message of sustainability when children are young and keen to learn, it will become second nature to them,” she says.
“To change the children’s mindsets about the outdoor environment, our coaches will ask them questions such as ‘Why is the soil precious? Who needs it?’, leading them to think about the importance of nature for the trees and animals,” she says. She adds: “When allowed to explore freely, they asked questions like ‘What is there to play? It’s so boring.’ But we ask them in return, ‘What do you think you can play? What’s interesting here?’”
Mr Jenson Ong, 42, who founded Nature Explorers School in 2019, says one of the rules his instructors teach the children at the start of each session is to respect plants and animals. “It is important to not look at things in a self-serving manner, but to always consider others. Then they will begin to think about the environment and be more motivated and inspired to take care of her,” he adds.
Participants during a walk in Dairy Farm Nature Park as part of Forest School Singapore’s camp in June. ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG Eyolf Lim , four, crossing a drain at Dairy Farm Nature Park during a walk as part of Forest School Singapore’s camp in June. ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONGManager Teo Hui Yi, 43, has registered her two children for OSS programmes since 2021 and during subsequent school holidays so that they could “get more sunlight and fresh air and enjoy the calming presence of nature”.
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