Earth Day is such an awesome time to introduce important concepts such as recycling, pollution, planting, composting, and reusing with kids. These simple hands-on Earth Day activities will get you started to make Earth Day every day in your home or school. Even toddlers and preschoolers can get involved and learn how to help our planet!
FUN EARTH DAY ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS
HOW DO WE CELEBRATE EARTH DAY FOR KIDS?
Celebrate Earth Day with fun hands-on learning for young kids that you can also use any time of the year. From simple bug hotels to homemade seed bombs to pollution discussions, these Earth Day projects are excellent for teaching kids about the conservation and protection of our planet.
Wondering what Earth Day is and how it got started? Earth Day is an annual event celebrated around the world on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. It was first celebrate in 1970, and now includes events in more than 193 countries.
The best part about our Earth Day activities is using what you have. Reuse items in different ways. Complete a STEM challenge or two with items out of the recycling bin. Earth Day activities can be done at any time not just during the month of April! Learn about our amazing planet and how to care for it all year long.
EARTH DAY IDEAS
Here are a list of great questions to ask kids when preparing for Earth Day. Asking questions without giving the answer right away is a great way to find out what kids already know, and their thoughts and feelings.
- What can you recycle?
- What can you do around the house to conserve energy?
- What do plants do for us and the Earth?
- Why shouldn’t we litter and what is littering?
- Why don’t we dump trash in the ocean?
- What can we make from old or recyclable items?
I love some of the wonderful and thoughtful answers to these questions my preschool age son had while we enjoyed our Earth Day activities.
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EARTH DAY ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS
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Make “plastic” out of milk
Making Paper With Kids – Tinker Lab
Earth Day Ornament
Earth Day Oobleck
Earth Day Recycled Craft
Coffee Filter Earth Day Art
Earth Day Coloring Page
The Lorax Activity
Make Homemade Seed Bombs
Birdseed Ornaments
DIY Bird Feeder
Regrow Lettuce
Start A Seed Jar
Grow Flowers
How To Make A Terrarium – Teaching 2 & 3 Year Olds
Surprise Garden
Build an Insect Hotel
Recycling STEM Challenges
Oil Spill Experiment
Sorting Recyclables – Teaching Preschool
Ocean Acidification Experiment
MORE FUN ACTIVITIES FOR PRESCHOOLERS
Earth Day activities to learn about helping our planet every day!
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Sheryl
April 6, 2015 at 6:20 amThis is a great collection! Thank you for including our terrarium activity!