Ecological thinking understands humans as meaning makers, and the nursery school as a vital place in which students learn to see and make meaningful sense out of the complex world in which they live.

Ecological thinking in the early childhood classroom utilizes the arts, math, science, literature, outdoors, and a democratic model of dialogue to support human awareness of the essential interdependence of nonliving and living things in our world systems.

Ecological thinkers are curious about infinite relationships big and small. 

Ecological thinkers understand that we are all Parts of a Whole.
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Ecological thinkers view systems as existing in circular cycles with linear starting points that link expansive knowledge among infinite perceptions.