Stymied by a particularly difficult problem, I sat alone thinking about how to solve the issue. In trots my nine year old with the above delightfully handmade hat. She says, "It's a 'Thinking Cap' to help you with your work! I made it by reusing some old jeans and some stuff from the recycling bin."
Having children learn the "Three R's" - reduce, reuse, and recycle - will encourage a lifetime of money and earth saving experiences! Reusing and recycling everyday products is much less expensive than buying new. It also saves space in our very over-filled landfills and can actually earn your family money during this difficult economic time.
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Reduce - reduce the amount of
things you purchase, consuming less means less to throw away. -
Reuse - keep using the same
things as many times as you can instead of throwing it out before it is needed. -
Recycle - find new ways to
use old things, and bring metals and paper to recycling centers for processing.
Below is a video showing a creative way to have a child plant seeds utilizing reused boxes. Put your thinking cap on and help your children learn how to save themselves money and make a difference today!
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Filed under: Green Family, RRRecycle
Tags: children, landfill rescue, recycle, reduce, reuse
Educating kids is so important! It can leave generations changed toward good stewardship of the earth. I honestly believe that I care so much about environmental issues now because it was drilled into me at an early age. Recycling wasn't an option in my house. It was a crime not to recycle something that could be recycled. I remember seeing videos in elementary school of ducks killed by those six-pack plastic soda rings. Things like that made taking care of the earth such a moral issue for me, something that I couldn't help but do on a daily basis. I think when you don't grow up with that mentality, it's much harder to change as an adult. I'm so grateful for the adults in my life as a young child investing thoughtfulness in me!