earth day
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Friday Freebie – Earth Day Matching Book
Happy Friday! I hope that you have a beautiful spring weekend for your Earth Day celebration! Today’s freebie is an Earth Day matching book from File Folder Heaven. This little book would be perfect for a center, individual, or small group activity. Go download your copy and enjoy your weekend!
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Earth Day Round Up
If you are still planning your Earth Day lesson plans, or if you’re searching for activities to make the exploration last all week long, here are some of my past posts to inspire you! Quotes for Earth Day Earth Day Science Activities Earth Day Super Hero Masks Earth Day Graphing Freebie Make sure to check back tomorrow for another great freebie!
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Practicing Conservation in Preschool
Conservation can be an abstract concept for preschoolers, they haven’t had a lot of experience with the world around them, and it can be difficult to understand why they might need to save water or electricity. There are some things that you can work on in the classroom to help children understand conservation practices and why they are important. Save paper scraps in a basket for children to use for cutting or collage projects Turn off the lights when you leave the room, or leave the lights of during certain parts of the day and enjoy natural lighting Use dry erase boards instead of printer paper Set up recycling bins…
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Recyclable Jewelry
Yesterday I shared some thoughts on open-ended recyclable art, and today I’ve rounded up some more ideas for those recyclable materials. These fun projects all use recyclable materials to create jewelry, so if you love the way they turn out you could use them as Mother’s Day gifts too! Coiled magazine pendant Soda Bottle Jewelry Washer pendants Yarn wrapped bracelets Fabric and paper straw bracelet I can’t wait to try a couple of these ideas myself, I’d love to know how they work for you too!
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Earth Day Recyclable Art
Earth day is on Saturday and I am full of ideas for exploring conservation and natural resources! Today I wanted to share an opportunity for open-ended recyclable art. Earth day is all about re-using materials instead of throwing them away, and using recyclables as materials for art is great way to encourage children to look at common objects in new ways and flex their imaginations. It’s also a fun way to explore three dimensional art since recyclables lend themselves to sculpture. The key to open-ended art is to make sure that the children have all of the materials that they could need, and let them use them in any way…
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Quotes for Earth Day
I love quotes, and I definitely think they have a place in the classroom because they are meant to inspire us. Here are some great Earth Day quotes to share with your students. Print them and display them in your classroom, or turn them into stickers that the children can wear all day long. From Family Share From Hand Lettering Cite From Daisy Print Company From Mokkasin From Designer Jots From Farah Aria I’d love to know how you use quotes in your classroom. Share your thoughts in the comments!
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Earth Day Science Activities for Preschool
Earth day is the perfect time to help children think about conservation. This can be a difficult concept for young children to understand because natural resources seem to always be available. Young children are most likely to understand the importance of conserving natural resources when we make this topic relevant to their lives. I’ve rounded up some great activities that you can do with your students to help them better understand conservation and natural resources. Explore how much water we can save by turning off the tap when brushing our teeth – from Rainy Day Mum Explore water pollution – from Getting Messy with Ms. Jessi Using this energy conservation…
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Taking Care of the Earth can be exciting!
Earth Day is on Wednesday, and if your plans are anything like mine, they probably involve heading outside to pick up litter. This is a great way to help children understand that one little piece of trash can easily turn into many, many pieces of trash if we all litter, but it isn’t the most exciting activity. I’ve come up with a way to get little ones excited about picking up litter, so that it can be a fun experience your class will never forget. Young children love super heroes, so I’ve created an Earth Day super hero mask that your students can decorate to wear while you pick up…
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Friday Freebie – Earth Day Activities
Happy Friday! This was a super busy week, and I wish I could say that things will slow down a little, but next week is just as crazy. This weekend won’t bring a lot of time to relax, but I guess that means it’s spring – the weather is warm and my schedule is packed! I have a freebie for you today that will help with your plans for next week. Earth Day is next Wednesday and this Graph and Write set will keep your class busy all morning. Take them outside to collect litter, and then the children can sort the litter into different categories and graph what they’ve…
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Happy Earth Day!
Do you have big plans for Earth Day? I’ll be honest, this one kind of snuck up on me, I wasn’t thinking that Easter was so late, and then boom! April is almost over! My class is going to spend the morning outside (crossing my fingers for good weather) cleaning up that yard around our school. Once we’ve picked up as much litter as we can find, we”ll graph it using my Earth Day Graph and Write Freebie – yay for freebies! But that’s not the point of this post. I really wanted to share this great quote with you, it puts Earth Day into perspective for me as a…
