THE APPROACH TO ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION THROUGH STORY TELLING IN CHILDHOOD EDUCATION: REFLECTIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

This objective article reflects on the development of Environmental Education practices in the context of Early Childhood Educations based on storytelling. Understanding storytelling as a possible tool to approach these practices and taking into account that the act of storytelling is considered one of the oldest ways when we deal with the exchange of knowledge and value and still arouses interest in reading, helps in psychological development, cognitive and social expands the influence and word of ideal. To this end, we bring to the reflection the storytelling as a pedagogical strategy to teach Environmental Education and the importance of the Critical Environmental Education approach in Early Childhood Education as reflective and dialogic action piece. Providing children with actives that arouse their curiosity, exploration and questioning, seeking to make this child a participant and transform in the face of their everyday actions is to help build critical thinking about the environmental issues around them from an early age.