Recycling in LSK

I love the recycling program in LSK. 

The kids are encouraged to bring things that can be recycled to school, and every morning, during assembly, there is a segment when the kids will take their empty plastic containers, tin cans, paper cartons, etc, and throw them into the recycling bins, according to the correct categories.

This recycling program is a simple way to teach kids that they can play their part in saving the earth. And I recently learnt, it teaches them compassion as well.

Aaron has been bugging me for more drink cans to recycle. But we don't usually buy canned drinks for our home, so we have very few drink cans. He told me a couple of months ago that he wanted more drink cans because the kindy give these drink cans to an old lady who goes round the neighbourhood to collect drink cans and sell them for a living.

Last week, he looked into his recycling bag and asked me how many drink cans he had that day. I said only 1. His reply was really touching,

"Then I hope the other children have a lot of tin cans, so that the old lady will not have to spend a lot of time walking around to find tin cans."

So sweet and compassionate at such a young age! Thank you LSK for teaching the children such a wonderful value of caring for the less privileged!