Raising children's awareness of respect for the environment and organic farming is not always easy, especially for young city dwellers... We have found a section on the site http://www.agencebio.org/default for you. asp which will allow you to explain the basics of Bio to them while having fun. Here is a little “Best of” of the subjects that touched us the most. By relying on simple and fun concepts, it is entirely possible to make young children understand that it is vital to respect nature, and to work the earth while protecting it. Show them that organic farming is also committed to taking care of animals. The educational guide intended for adults gives you the keys to illustrating respect for animal welfare. Your little one will learn that an organic dairy cow can live up to 20 years, thanks to an environment and a lifestyle that scrupulously respects its needs. You will explain to him that all the other animals on the organic farm are also entitled to this preferential treatment, that the chickens have an outdoor space large enough to run and frolic and that the pigs keep a pretty corkscrew tail throughout the their lives (a small poster for their bedroom wall. Knowing that we don't eat just any fruit or vegetable at any time of the year is not easy when children see the stalls supermarkets all types of products all year round. It is important for our toddlers to know what season vegetables grow. These good reflexes, integrated from childhood, will make them wise adults. 🙂 To display in the kitchen Finally, so that he can understand the different stages of processing organic biscuits, from the farm to the store shelf, the following illustration is both simple and fun. Sharing our knowledge with our children is also the opportunity to have a good time with them. Supporting them in learning to respect nature is a great gift to give them since, as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry told us, we also owe a lot to them: “We did not inherit the Earth from our ancestors, but 'let's borrow from our children' 🙂