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EYFS activities - Education for Sustainability: All at sea

How can early years settings introduce the topic of protecting the world’s marine habitats to their children? Dr Diane Boyd provides some insights and ideas
Discuss the problem of marine pollution, and share books on this issue as well as on general sea life
Discuss the problem of marine pollution, and share books on this issue as well as on general sea life

For SDG 14, we turn attention to our oceans, seas and marine resources and look at how to conserve and use these sustainably by preventing marine pollution of all kinds and conserving at least 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas.

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EYFS (DfE, 2021) Expressive Arts and Design – Sing a range of well-known nursery rhymes and songs; perform songs, rhymes, poems, and stories with others, and – when appropriate – try to move in time with music.

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EYFS (DfE, 2021) Expressive Arts and Design –Safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools, and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function.

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