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1-2-3 Come Do Some Earth Day Activities With Me!

Earth Day is April 22nd, so I'm posting 6 quick, easy and fun activities you can do to help celebrate our earth, and practice a variety of standards as well. 

earth day activities, earth day crafts, earth day games, earth day bulletin boards, earth day writing promptsFirst up is a super-cute, newsprint craftivity.  To help recycle, students trace the cat or dog template on an interesting looking section of the newspaper, or page in a magazine, that's free of pictures.

They cut out their animal, mount it on a sheet of construction paper and add facial features.

I've included "headers" for each one, as well as dog/cat tags with a recycle symbol on them, which can be tied on a piece of ribbon or yarn to make a collar, and add a bit of 3D pizzazz.

Older students can complete the writing prompt: Why "It's a dog gone good idea to reduce, reuse and recycle" or why doing those things makes "'purr-fect' sense" on the back of their paper.

Completed projects make an adorable Earth Day bulletin board.  I've included six, "reduce, reuse & recycle" photo posters to introduce the lesson, then use in your display. 

earth day activities, earth day crafts, earth day games, earth day bulletin boards, earth day writing promptsAnother recycle art craftivity I call "Shape Up!" You can do it anytime, but it's especially appropriate for Earth Day, as students can see first hand how they can reuse old magazines, and recycle them into a piece of art.     

I've included patterns for a circle, oval, square, rectangle, triangle, hexagon, pentagon, octagon, trapezoid, rhombus, heart, star and crescent.

earth day activities, earth day crafts, earth day games, earth day bulletin boards, earth day writing promptsRun off whatever 2D shapes you're working on, then give your students a choice.  They choose however many strips they need to fill in that shape, glue them on, then flip their paper over and trim.

Completed projects turn out absolutely awesome and make a great bulletin board.  

earth day activities, earth day crafts, earth day games, earth day bulletin boards, earth day writing promptsDisplay as is, or mount on a variety of bright colors of construction paper.  Use the  "Shape Up!" poster for the center of your display.

earth day activities, earth day crafts, earth day games, earth day bulletin boards, earth day writing promptsI've also included a pattern for "prize ribbons" in all of the shapes listed above. 

Have students pick the one that matches their collage, then write their name, the shape name and a title of their shapely piece on the "ribbon tag". Hang these along side children's "masterpieces".   

earth day activities, earth day crafts, earth day games, earth day bulletin boards, earth day writing promptsThe "Give a Hoot. Don't Pollute!"  is also an interesting way to review 2D shapes, and has several options. 

I use this as a whole group, "listening & following directions" activity, where students listen to the spatial directions, then glue that particular shape on their owl. 

For some 3D pizzazz, cut the beaks on a fold so they flip up, and fold the wings in half. (See photo).

The other version is the shapely owl on a worksheet. Simply run off on tan construction paper for children to color and trim.  After everyone is done, discuss what pollution is and why we should give a hoot about it.

Older students can write their thoughts out on the owl worksheet (2 options) then glue it to the back.  Punch a hole at the top, tie a yarn loop, and suspend from the ceiling.

I’ve also included an “I give a hoot! I don’t pollute” bookmark in color, plus black & white.  

earth day activities, earth day crafts, earth day games, earth day bulletin boards, earth day writing promptsAnother writing prompt craftivity is  "Be A Litter Leader, Not A Litterbug"

Children color the litterbug, staple a Dixie cup to the base, then wad up some scrap paper and fill it.

The packet also includes a writing prompt for older students.  Use the "Be a litter leader not a litterbug" poster to introduce the lesson, then for the center of your bulletin board display.

I have my kiddos raise their hand and promise, as well as sign the contract.  They enjoy helping me clean up litter from our playground, and receive a bookmark (color or B&W) plus a "slap bracelet" afterwards.

Without fail, someone starts singing the enclosed poster song, then everyone chimes in. 

earth day activities, earth day crafts, earth day games, earth day bulletin boards, earth day writing promptsAnother Earth Day writing prompt option is to make a class book.  My students love contributing a page to our class-made books.

After I explain what it means to reduce, reuse and recycle, we discuss ways that even young children can make a difference.  My students are always amazed at the many simple things they can do to help out.

I list them on the board, so they can refer to our ideas as they complete their own page. There are 2 cover options, plus 5 "inside" pages to choose from, or run them all off and give students a choice.  

When we read our booklet aloud, the child who wrote that page comes up and shares theirs. 

earth day activities, earth day crafts, telling time activities, telling time games, earth day games, earth day bulletin boards, earth day writing promptsFinally, "Time To Recycle"   is a quick, easy & fun game that practices telling time to the hour, while reviewing things we can recycle.  

Children pick a partner and take turns rolling 1st one dice for numbers 1-6, then 2 dice, adding them together for numbers 7-12.

They glue the matching numbered square, depicting a recycled item on their clock. The first one to complete their clock is the winner. There are several options for this activity as well.  

earth day activities, earth day crafts, telling time activities, telling time games, earth day games, earth day bulletin boards, earth day writing promptsToday's FREEBIE is another fun game you can play on Earth Day.  It's a color matching game that I call "Keep Our Earth Bright & Beautiful"

Little ones can match earth to earth, while older students can practice their color words and match a colorful earth to its color word. 

earth day activities, earth day crafts, telling time activities, telling time games, earth day games, earth day bulletin boards, earth day writing promptsWell that's it for today.  I hope you and your kiddos have a super-de-dooper Earth Day.  

“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, Nothing is going to get better. It's not.” - Dr. Seuss (The Lorax)

 



 

1-2-3 Come Do Some Earth Day Recycling Activities With Me

earth day activities, earth day crafts, earth day writing prompts, writing prompts for earth day, earth day bulletin boards, earth day bookmarks, earth day lessons, common core earth day, Are you looking for a little something to give your students on Earth Day?  How about a bookmark?   The "Every day should be Earth Day!" bookmarks come in full color or black and white, so your kiddos can color their own.  Click on the link to get your copy. 

April 22nd is the official Earth Day celebration, but because of the importance of taking care of our earth, I took an entire week to do all sorts of reduce, reuse and recycle activities with my Y5's, proving to them that even young children can make a difference.

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Making a class book is a fun way to get your kiddo's excited about writing.

After a short video and class discussion, each child finished their page; I collected and collated them into a booklet. A cover is included.

On their worksheet, students complete the thought for each of the 3 sentences: How do they reduce, reuse and recyle to help our earth?

Remind them about capitalization, spacing and punctuation, so that you cover those standards as well.  When you share the completed book with your class, have each child read their own page.

Add some pizzazz by having students color the illustrations and then glue their own school photo over either the girl or boy's face.  Click on the link to view/download the Earth Day Class Book.

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The recycling symbols and hearts are glued together to form 3 sides; one for each R word. Students write how they reduce on one heart, how they reuse on another and finally how they recycle on the 3rd one.

Hang from a yarn loop so the writing prompt "craftivity" twirls and dangles from the ceiling. Add a photo for that finishing touch.  Click on the link to view/download the Earth Day Writing Prompt Dangler.

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Students roll first one, and then two dice, to get a time-to-the-hour number that they write on their clock. 

They then glue the matching numbered item that it is "time to reduce, reuse or recycle."

Click on the link to view/download Earth Day: It's Time To Recycle Clock Game.

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The rain is splattering against my window; such a soothing sound.  I have it open a crack and the air smells wonderfully fresh.  Wishing you a blessed day.

"Everyone wants happiness; no one likes pain, but you can't have the rainbow, unless you have some rain." -Unknown

1-2-3 Come Reduce, Reuse and Recycle With Me!

April 22nd is fast approaching.  Do you need a little something to plug in for Earth Day?

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Making a class book is a fun way to get your kiddo's excited about writing. Each child completes their page; you collect and collate them.

Students complete the thought for each of the 3 sentences. How do they reduce, reuse andrecyle to help our earth?

Remind them about capitalization, spacing and punctuation, so that you cover those standards as well.

When you share the completed book with your class, have each child read their own page.

Add some pizzazz by having students color the illustrations and then glue their own school photo over either the girl or boy's face.  Click on the link to view/download the Earth Day Class Book.

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The recycling symbols and hearts are glued together to form 3 sides; one for each R word. Students write how they reduce on one heart, how they reuse on another and finally how they recycle on the 3rd one.

Hang from a yarn loop so the writing prompt "craftivity" twirls and dangles from the ceiling.

Click on the link to view/download the Earth Day Writing Prompt Dangler.

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Students roll first one, and then two dice, to get a time-to-the-hour number that they write on their clock. 

They then glue the matching numbered item that it is "time to reduce, reuse or recycle."

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For more Earth Day "craftivities" scroll down to the next article.  Thanks for visiting today.  Feel free to PIN anything you think may be helpful to others.

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