| Teaching strategy | Example |
| Role modelling the ethic of environmental responsibility and practical sustainability practices | Be gentle observing animals, insects in the garden |
| Play-based learning | Encourage children to play in the garden, go for a walk to the park or bushland, provide natural resources, such as rocks, sticks, clay, non-toxic plants |
| Small group projects on sustainability concepts or practices | Rubbish time capsule; visiting recycling facility, learning about food waste through worm farm or composting |
| Incidental learning | Support spontaneous moments of connecting with nature |
| Use open – ended questions and sustained – share thinking to extend understanding of concepts | Talk about sun energy, water pollution, animal rights in a developmentally appropriate way |
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