Recycling in Canada has become second nature for adults because they know it’s the environmentally-correct thing to do. Children’s habits are generally learned from their parents; yet when a child asks a parent where exactly recyclable materials end up, it’s an important question that often goes unanswered. Environmental children’s books are where to turn when a child asks about recycling.
Where Do Recyclable Materials Go?
Where Do Recyclable Materials Go? is a brilliantly-written, thought-provoking environmental children’s book that will help educate the younger generation to be environmentally-responsible in an entertaining way.
Sabbithry Persad, founder of Green Solutions Magazine, and author, ensures that almost every page of this environmental children’s book has information that a parent or teacher can elaborate on while reading to their children. The messages are well-integrated with colorful illustrations and is targeted for children aged 5 and up.
The story line is well-executed and contains relevant information. For example, a parent who takes their child to a recyclable depot can be a beneficial lesson in order for their child to better understand the recycling process. Hands-on learning has a powerful impact. Where Do Recyclable Materials Go? educates children that a recovery facility isn’t just an extension of materials picked up at curbsides; these facilities also receive hazardous wastes, electronics and other items.
In Where Do Recyclable Materials Go?, Tiana learns about recycling while she and her family search for the family dog who just chased after the recycle truck. On their journey, they explore their local materials recovery facility where they observe how recyclable materials are sorted and baled for manufacturing. Based on facts about the process of recycling in industrial nations, this book helps children not just learn, but understand the importance of recycling to save natural resources.
In the book, kids will learn:
- How we collect recyclable materials.
- How we divert recyclable materials from landfills.
- How recycling saves resources, energy and money.
- How you can identify solutions for waste disposal through practical exercises.
- How you can take action through hands-on activities.
The Garbology Kids™
The Garbology Kids™ series of children’s books offer fun and intriguing ways to learn about waste generation and waste management. Each book follows Tiana and her friends as they learn about different aspects of day-to-day environmental and human development issues, and they teach children what they can do to help create a sustainable world.
The National American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) sets high standards for environmental education. The Garbology Kids™ Series exceeds these standards because they help children to learn how to question, analyze and interpret what they see; gain an understanding of environmental processes and systems; understand and address environmental issues; and learn about personal and civic responsibility.
The Garbology Kids™ Series gives children, parents and teachers greater insight into the environmental changes going on around them. These books validate the issues that they may see within their home and community and gives them the knowledge to teach their friends and neighbors how to make positive changes.
Where Do Recyclable Materials Go? will provoke thought that will result in questions. Children are naturally curious and this environmental children’s book will get them asking meaningful questions that will open the door to them gaining a better understanding of environmental processes. Sabbithry Persad’s Where Do Recyclable Materials Go? brings home an important message so children can learn that everyone has environmental shares in our community and in our homes.
Karen Stephenson - Karen has written for several newspapers and print media in addition to many online publications. She holds a B.A. in English and an ...
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