<![CDATA[Purpose: Early childhood has great potential to learn to care for the environment through early habituation and education. At this age, children are very easy to absorb information and form habits, so that the introduction of the concept of environ-mental love becomes important. Caring for the environment is an attitude and action that shows awareness and responsibility for the preservation of nature and ecosystems. Includes efforts to maintain cleanliness, reduce pollution, and pre-serve natural resources such as water, waters, and soil. The importance of envi-ronmental awareness is needed from an early age to form a generation that cares about nature and the surrounding environment. The purpose of this study was to describe the implementation of participatory activities for children aged 4-5 years in realizing environmental awareness, analyze the obstacles for children in implementing participatory activities for children aged 4-5 years in realizing environmental awareness, and describe efforts to overcome obstacles to partici-patory activities for children aged 4-5 years in realizing environmental awareness. Methodology: This type of research is descriptive qualitative with a case study at Firdausy Kin-dergarten Sukoharjo. Results: The results of this study are that this participatory activity instills environmental values from an early age as well as children's understanding of environmental concepts, Teachers also play an important role as consistent behavioral models to encourage children to imitate positive behavior related to the environment. Applications/Originality/Value: This research contributes to the development of early childhood education by emphasizing the importance of habituating environmentally responsible behavior through fun and interactive activities.findings highlighted the importance of teachers in detecting and sup-porting children who experienced verbal abuse, as well as the need for pa-rental education to reduce negative verbal abuse behaviors.]]>
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