Soil Story
Ireland
About
Theater work for young audiences.
Soil Story is a six-month theater and early-childhood soil literacy initiative led by Soil Studio in County Sligo, Ireland. Created for children aged 3 to 6, the performance is told from the perspective of a worm and developed with early childhood care and education settings. Through theater, music, movement, sound, sensory workshops, wormeries, composting, and educator resources, children explore soil as a living ecosystem. The project aims to build ecological empathy and create ripple effects in schools, families, and local communities.
Project overview
Low soil literacy and limited meaningful early-childhood engagement with soil, alongside threats such as compaction, nutrient overload, biodiversity loss, and wider soil degradation.
Develop and perform Soil Story in 12 settings; co-create script with children; connect workshops to wormeries, food and leaf composting; generate creative resources.
Builds soil literacy and ecological empathy among young children through performance, sensory exploration, wormeries, leaf composting, and educator/family resources.
Soil Studio
Low soil literacy and limited meaningful early-childhood engagement with soil, alongside threats such as compaction, nutrient overload, biodiversity loss, and wider soil degradation.
Builds soil literacy and ecological empathy among young children through performance, sensory exploration, wormeries, leaf composting, and educator/family resources.
Develop and perform Soil Story in 12 settings; co-create script with children; connect workshops to wormeries, food and leaf composting; generate creative resources.
Soil Studio
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