In December 2015, my friend shared with me about children activity in the Botanical Garden. This activity located at Kamisakabe West Park, Hyogo-Japan where she is a volunteer there. These kids learnt and had fun during activity. I can see and feel their happiness. It was a good idea and such a good thing to teach young generation in nature.
This kids are come from Hama elementary school. They are in the third grade at their school. They came to learn about environment in the Botanical Garden, the name is Kamisakabe West Park. Well, even if they are just third grade, but I think it is a good idea to introduce nature in early age. Because at the end, they will grow up such as kindness people who care about nature and environment around them.
Speaking of which, if many people around the world talking about global warning, and how to prevent it. So, this children activity is the same thing that many people are worrying about. So, maybe you will ask me, “how come this children activity relates to global warning?”. Who will protect our nature in the next years later? Yes, the children will. They will protect our nature in the future years. Year by year, if we can teach them about nature, and tell them how important it is to our lives, then the kids will understand how to treat nature.
Learn about nature is easy thing. You can see it in these pictures, the kids had fun to know about plants around them. Yes, my friend told me, the kids were learnt about leaves. Leaf? What are we getting? Autumn leaves were beautiful. The leaf of autumn would become red color. By this way, the kids will be know, that how beautiful nature in autumn season.
What were they doing at Kamisakabe West Park? They did many activities at Botanical garden. They played quiz, about the birds that eat Camphor fruit. Then they picked up acorns. Yes, the kids could make some kind of toy by these seeds (acorns), and play with it. Another activity, the children collected leaves fell on the ground. My friend said, it was America Spinosa leaves that children collected. The last thing, the children played at park, free played. It sounds fun! Learn about nature would be fun and very interesting
Nature is beautiful. Plants and flowers make our lives are beautiful. The tree ( or it could be fruits trees) is useful for us. All that nature created useful. By doing all of these activities, the children will see and understand that nature is so beautiful and useful. And they can do something fun in nature. And one more thing, visiting garden is the best way for the kids to get closer with nature.
The last thing, maybe many people will think that learn about nature is boring and nothing. But, if you see these children’s activities who came at Kamisakabe West Park, you will say, “learn about nature is more fun” 
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- Written by Acik Mardhiyanti / Acik Mdy
- Photographed by Ryo Rakusui
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