Tartu International School Goes Green

Litter and waste are the topics of Eco-Schools programme at TIS during this academic year.  In our learning environment for 3-4 years old students , we also started to pay more attention to reusing and natural materials to supports children´s creativity and play skills .   There are many resources that were once meant for somethings else but can now be used for playing. We recommend to keep an eye on the secondhand market as children love playing with real life items and there are also many toys that look like new. For example, old (mobile) phones are very popular toys in our group. Although nowadays the phone on the photo is not familiar for the children from their homes anymore, they often “make" phone calls with mommies, daddies and each other. This cool phone is bought from the secondhand store Sõbralt Sõbrale. Our lovely wooden doll bed is also from the same store. Our “shop” and “kitchen” contain the leftovers from our homes - from the store it is possible to buy m...