by Cheryl Hadland | Oct 30, 2025 | Early Years Educators
From sustainability tool kits to awards, there’s a lot of support and many routes to achieving and shouting about your sustainability credentials! Here are a few to explore: Count Us In Making Changes That Matter. These 16 steps are the most effective way to reduce...
by Cheryl Hadland | Oct 30, 2025 | Sustainable Child Care
Play activities for our children need to be carefully considered from an eco-sustainable perspective. It is helpful to have a set of criteria to work through when setting up activities, or thinking about purchasing new materials. Does the activity use any existing...
by Cheryl Hadland | Oct 30, 2025 | Sustainable Child Care
Loose parts are materials that can be moved, carried, combined, redesigned, lined up, and taken apart and put back together in multiple ways. They are materials with no specific set of directions, they can be natural or synthetic. When children are left alone to play...
by Cheryl Hadland | Oct 7, 2025 | Sustainable Food
Mealtimes are an educational and social experience, and the more we can involve the children in choices and preparation of food, the more opportunities we are providing for them. Touching, smelling and tasting the food is an opportunity to develop senses, maths...
