{"id":173681,"date":"2023-03-03T15:56:02","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T15:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.natgeokids.com\/uk\/?post_type=parent-hub&p=173681"},"modified":"2025-12-17T17:53:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T17:53:34","slug":"save-our-seas-tips","status":"publish","type":"parents","link":"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/nz\/parents\/save-our-seas-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Five tips to help your kids save our seas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Calling all nature-loving families – it’s time to save our seas! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oceans cover more than 70% of Earth’s surface. They support a huge community of wildlife, and safeguard the overall health of our planet. Threats like climate change <\/a>and pollution are taking their toll on this fragile and precious habitat \u2013 but it’s not too late to help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From teaching your children about the ocean’s incredible wildlife, to taking action with a beach or river clean, there are lots of ways for families to help save our seas. So, check out Nat Geo Kids’ top tips to start making a difference…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1. Inspire your kids to care<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n
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The best way to get your children to care about the sea is to show them how brilliant it is! A love of nature grows from spending time in it, so make sure you head out into your local green (and blue) spaces, taking the time to play together and investigate all the extraordinary life that lives there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here at National Geographic Kids, it’s our goal to inspire kids to become the next ambassadors for our planet. That’s why we celebrate our seas every year with the Oceans Special issue of our monthly magazine<\/a>, showcasing the world’s amazing marine life and sharing top tips to help kids save our seas.<\/p>\n\n\n

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2. Discover ocean treasures together<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As well as showing <\/em>your kids the wonders of wildlife on our coastlines, empower them to ask questions and discover more about what they find. You could explore ocean articles<\/a> on the National Geographic Kids website<\/a>, go on a guided tour of your local coastal area – or somewhere further afield, if you fancy! – visit your nearest watery nature reserve or head down to the water together with some ID books for some rock-pooling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Getting your kids interested in nature on a deeper level will inspire them to care passionately for the things they discover. It takes a love of the ocean to save our seas!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3. Talk about the issues<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

While you’re appreciating all the fun the beach has to offer, take time to chat to your children about the ways our oceans are threatened. Your kids may well have already spotted things like rubbish in the high tide lines or glass and plastic washed up among the shells. Use these observations to explore the challenges with them and decide together whether there’s anything you can do to help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For World Oceans Day, we chatted to young Nat Geo Kids readers to find out how THEY think we should help protect our oceans. What do your kids think?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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