Teaching Children about Recycling at Christmas

Since moving into a house and having a door step recycling service I feel it is important to encourage children to take part in the process and learn more about why we recycle. At Christmas there are so many boxes and packaging building up it is the perfect time to encourage children to take part in this process.

A great way to teach children about recycling is through reading and below there are a few favourites which will help to strike young ones imagination and have a little fun with along the way.

Rubbish and recycling-A fantastic and informative book to teach children and about recycling. Children aged 6 can even read this book independently. The book covers all materials which can be recycled. Rrp- £4.99

The Adventures of a plastic bottle- This is a good factual book which helps children understand what happens to plastic bottles when recycled. It is fairly lengthy, but it is detailed and with some good diagrams. This book will help any child who is covering recycling at school and the illustration work wonders at grabbing their attention. RRP- £3.99

The art of recycling-  A great book which is packed full of fun and educational ideas to have crafting fun with children aged 7-11. Crafts include activities such as sock puppets, cardboard castles and bottle bugs. £7.99

Peppa pig recycling fun- A great book from the pepper pig collection. This is a great story for three year olds and as children get older they will be able to read this short story them selves. £3.99

Micheal recycle- Good rhyming text tells the story of Michael Recycle, a flying caped crusader with a colander on his head who fights for the green cause and encourages a dirty town of lazy. A fantastic story for little boys £5.99






I have saved some large boxes to label up for the children to add their recycling rubbish to through out the day, each will be labelled cardboard or paper. This way they are helping out a little during the day and learning at the same time. With all the excitement of Christmas I'm not expecting miracles but a little bit of responsibility can not hurt even at Christmas.