Little Green Steps
Pre-school Sustainability Program
The Little Green Steps Program, coordinated by Gosford and Wyong Councils, promotes environmental sustainability to preschools and early childhood centres on the Central Coast. The program provides resources and tools to assist pre-school staff communicate environmental messages to children aged 3 to 5 years. The program includes:
- Resource kits, on the topics of waste, water, wildlife, energy and stormwater, that are provided to local centres.
- In-service training to early childhood educators through professional development workshops.
- A quarterly newsletter provides centres with up-to-date information on a range of topics relating to sustainability and environmental education. Download the latest newsletter (PDF file, 380kb) or see past newsletters below.
- On-going support to centres in relation to sustainability education activities.
Evaluation of the Little Green Steps program was been carried out, as detailed in the attached evaluation report (PDF File, 569kb).
Climbing Little Green Steps - How to Manual
To get ideas on how to start a preschool sustainability program at your centre or in you area download Climbing Little Green Steps - How to Manual (PDF file, 4 Mb).
To find out about what other local centres are doing to help the environment download the Get Creative with your Water Case Study (pdf file, 1.4Mb) and Carinya's Big Backyard Case Study (pdf file, 2.6Mb).
Water education program
Wyong and Gosford Councils have developed a water education program for pre-schools in the Central Coast. The program includes:
- A 30-minute water activity suitable for children aged 3-5 years delivered by the Water Education Officer.
- Assistance with undertaking a simple water audit to review current water usage and assist them to better manage their water supply.
- Water education resources and information.
If you are interested or would like more information on the program visit Wyong Council's Little Green Steps page and complete the Expression of Interest. A lesson plan and audit form are also available.
Newsletters
The newsletters below may be downloaded to be viewed or printed.
2008
2007
- Newsletter 4 (PDF file, 1.1Mb)
- Newsletter 3 (PDF file, 1.4Mb)
- Newsletter 2 (PDF file, 372kb)
- Newsletter 1 (PDF file, 785kb)
2006
- October 2006 (PDF file, 1.6MB)
- August 2006 (PDF file, 322kb)
- April 2006 (PDF file, 283kb)
- Jan / Feb 2006 (PDF file, 787kb)
Additional Resources
Check out the list of environmental and animal awareness picture books (PDF File, 251.2kb). All of these books are available for loan from our libraries. Find out about NSW ECEEN and download their 'Seeds of the future' newsletter.
Little Green Steps was developed in partnership with Wyong Council with funding received from the Department of Environment and Climate Change.