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The aim of this study is to examine the effects of recycling activities on the recycling awareness of preschoolers 5-6 years old. The study was carried out with a total of 9 students, 4 girls and 5 boys, and their families at a kindergarten in Tatvan distict of Bitlis in the 2020-2021 academic year. Interview and observation techniques, were used in the research conducted by using case study, one of the qualitative research methods. Descriptive analysis technique was used in the analysis of the data. In the teaching-learning process of the study, games and toys were produced from waste materials for the centers in the preschool classroom. These centers are temporary interest center, music center, dramatic play center, science center, block center, puppet center. Many different teaching-learning ways were used together by designing toys from waste materials to be used in these centers and playing with these toys.As a result of the research, it was seen that the students generally did not have any information about recycling before the recycling activities held at school, and they did not communicate with their families and surroundings on this subject. After the activities planned in the preschool education institution were implemented, it was concluded that the students’ awareness bout recycling increased.

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