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It's almost Earth Day...the day we celebrate all things planet Earth. We look forward to this day every year. I have pulled together a collection of Earth Day activities that are fun for the classroom or home. Whether you are a classroom teacher, homeschooler, or a parent looking for some Earth Day ideas, you're sure to find some great activities here.
So, I thought that I would round up some fun ideas and create the Ultimate Earth Day Guide to Earth Day Activities, books, recipes, and more. This collection is a great place to start when celebrating Earth Day with kids.
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Earth Day Printable Activities
Earth Day Printable Games
Check out all of these awesome Earth Day activities that you can print and share with elementary and middle school students. I like printing these activities and using them with my kids at home, on Earth Day. These activities include Earth Day crossword puzzle, an Earth Day word search, and more to help keep kids excited about Earth Day.
Earth Day Bookmarks
Earth Day Bookmarks - Check out our printable Earth Day bookmarks. Fun to print and color with kids.
Earth Day Coloring Pages
Earth Day Coloring Pages - Like the Earth Day bookmarks, kids can spend some time coloring our free printable Earth Day coloring pages.
Earth Day Scavenger Hunt
Earth Day Scavenger Hunt - Get outside and explore with our printable Earth Day scavenger hunt. This is a great Earth Day idea for older kids, tweens, and teens.
Earth Day Would You Rather Questions
Earth Day Would You Rather Questions - Here's a great game to play with the kids on Earth Day. Print our Earth Day would you rather question sheet and debate all the environmental issues.
Fun Earth Day Crafts
Hang a beautiful "stained glass" Earth craft from Mum in the Madhouse
Learn how to make wildflower seed bombs. A great gardening Earth Day activity for kids of all ages to try.
Explore the planet Earth with a play dough planet with Playdough to Plato
Recycle your newspaper into a beautiful Earth Day garland to decorate for Earth Day.
Make an Earth Day collage from scrap magazine pages
Gather up the tissue paper scraps and make Earth with Happy Hooligans
Teach Me Mommy shares how to make an Earth Day handprint keepsake
Make an Earth Day necklace from a simple salt dough recipe
Great Earth Day Books for Kids
I find one of the best ways to engage kids in a new topic is to share a book about that topic. This is why I've created these collections of really great books about Earth Day for kids.
First up is this collection of inspiring Earth Day books for elementary school-aged kids. These books share stories of remarkable environmentalists and the work they have done. Kids can learn about cool environmental projects taking place around the world. And, there are books about ways kids can help save the Earth.
This collection is for early readers, preschoolers and kindergarten aged kids. These books are perfect for gathering the kids on the carpet and reading aloud.
Earth Day Recipes
These Earth Day sugar cookies are sweet and fun to make
A simple colourful Earth day popcorn from Simple As That Blog
Get "dirty" with these sweet edible dirt cups
Earth Day Music for Kids
It wouldn't be a celebration without some fun music...here are some of our favourites. You can find these titles on any streaming service.
Jack Johnson's "3 R's Song ~ Reduce, Reuse, Recycle"
Joni Mitchell's "Big Yellow Taxi"
"Please Take Care of the Water", by Nancy Kopman
"The World We Love", by Raffi
"A Beautiful, Beautiful World", by StoryBots
"Mercy, Mercy Me", by Marvin Gaye
"Escarpment Blues", by Sarah Harmer
I hope this ultimate Earth Day guide inspires you to read, play, and dance this Earth Day. There is nothing more important than passing the love of all things "green" on to our children and students.
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Mud Hut Mama says
I love this post and you've given me some new books to add to our wish list. This is the first I've heard of "The Earth is Painted Green" and "The Curious Garden." They sound like the perfect books to share with my girls.
katepickle says
Oh we adore the Planting a Rainbow book... and my kids can all recite the Lorax word for word these days! LOL What a great list of resources, thanks for sharing!