Motivation and learning Kindergarten children experiences with CMaps in an Italian school

The teachers Iustini M.Teresa, Giovanna Cipollari e Felici Luigina, have collaborated in the project.
The preservation of environment, as a highly ethical subject, is fundamental knowledge, and demands a cultural change. We believe it is very important to get to make children aware of such a value. Didactics becomes vital when it uses maps, laboratories, circle time, cooperative learning and metacognition, and can make children realize that even little changes in everyday life can activate mechanisms for awareness, mindful employment of natural resources.