Uma proposta pedagógica de conscientização ambiental na educação infantil

Abstract

The Preschool education is the first stage of school education. This work aims to introduce the reality of Environmental Education in Early Childhood Education through the development of Thematic with practical activities and teaching, so that the child being aware of environmental problems in their neighborhood and awoke the interest in environmental issues. This project began with a literature search and exploratory conducted between March and May 2010 to verify the feasibility of this proposal. The research was conducted in a School of Early Childhood Education at the periphery of the city of Cachoeira do Sul, south of Brazil. Were considered the opinion of 80 students aged between one and five years. Five Thematic containing educational learning activities and practices concerning the environment such as plants, animals, health, hygiene, water, care for the environment and where they live were worked. The proposal proved to be positive because the students showed much interest in the topic. They participated actively in all the activities with enthusiasm and dedication. With this study it is ended that the Environmental Education not only it can, but it should be developed with children in this age group, because, besides the same ones they be avid for new knowledge, the students of the school Pré presented the capacity to suggest of new activities, besides to discuss and to point possible solutions for the presented environmental problems.