Composting for kids
Course: Composting for kids | Garden Organic online learning
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Composting: An online lesson for kids
Welcome to this online composting lesson!
In this lesson we'll be learning all about how composting works and why it's so good for the environment! The content on this page works best on a laptop or in landscape view on your mobile device.
Click the play button on the video below to get started and listen carefully as there's a quiz for you to complete after you've watched it. Enjoy!
Compost ingredient game
Now that you've learned all about composting and how it works, why not have a go at playing our composting game on the ultimate coding platform for kids, Scratch!
If the main game is a bit tricky, there are also versions for Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2/3 which vary in terms of difficulty, number of items to sort and level of language used. Hope you enjoy!Other fun stuff to do at home
Our schools page has lots of fun activities for you to do at home or in your school, including things like making nettle soup, making paper seed pots, growing wild flowers or building your very own wildlife house in a corner of your garden.
Try out some of the ideas below or head over to our schools activities page for more inspiration!
Make nettle soup (liquid plant food)
Make paper seed pots
Make an apple bird feeder
Make a ladybird house
Make a bug hotelFurther Information for parents
If you would like to know more about composting, organic growing or what Garden Organic is all about, check out the links below:
More on organic growing, soil health, organic growing and the 5 organic principles
Becoming a Garden Organic and/or Heritage Seed Library member
Find out more about Garden Organic’s other projects
You can also follow us on twitter @gardenorganic for more ideas and inspiration.
