Compost Stew – An A to Z Recipe for the Earth by Mary Mckenna Siddals. Illustrated by Ashley Wolff The book shows simple, child-friendly ways to help the planet by making compost stew using bits and bobs from the garden and house.
Just how do you start a compost pile? What is safe to include? From apple cores to paper shreds, nutshells and mulch, children will discover the best ingredients for a successful compost pile!
Using bright pictures and words describing items you can use to make compost, the book helps children and their families learn about the environment and climate change.
The children have been exploring ‘compost’ playdough, using different herbs to squeeze into it to compost, and playing with wiry and wiggly worms. They even turned the compost playdough into ice cream!
We have talked about the things we can compost such as fruit peelings and apple cores and at snack-time; the children have been using our small compost caddy to recycle their leftover food.
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