Earth Day is such an awesome time to introduce important concepts such as recycling, pollution, planting, composting, and reusing with kids. These Earth Day activities will get you started to make Earth Day every day in your home or school. Even young children can get involved and learn how to help our planet! I chose these Earth Day activities for their great hands-on learning opportunities.
EASY EARTH DAY ACTIVITIES AND STEM IDEAS!
Simple hands on learning for young kids all with a great Earth Day theme that we can really use any day of the year. From simple bug hotels to homemade seed bombs to pollution discussions, these Earth Day projects are excellent for conservation and protection of our natural resources.
The best part about Earth Day activities is using what you have. Reuse items in different ways. Play out of the recycling bin. Earth Day activities can be done any time not just during the month of April! Spring is a wonderful time to teach young kids about the planet.
NEW EARTH DAY ACTIVITIES!
Click on the links below to learn more about how to set up each Earth Day theme activity with your kids!
Easy to make birdseed feeder ornaments!
What kinds of questions can you ask kids about Earth Day?
Asking questions without giving answers right away is a great way to see what kids already know, their thoughts and feelings about different ideas. 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. The activities below are suitable for toddler through kinder.
Ocean Pollution and Recycling Activity
Sorting Recyclables in Preschool | Teach Preschool
Litter Pollution Jar | Getting Messy with Ms. Jessi
Can You Undo Water Pollution | Girl on Life
Water Filtering Experiment | Teach Me Mommy
Terrariums | Teaching 2 & 3 Year Olds
Surprise Garden {easy plants to grow with children}
Grow New Lettuce from Old Lettuce
Composting in a Bottle | Seed Network
Making Paper with Kids | Tinker Lab
Build a Bug Hotel | Red Ted Art
Activities that Reuse Everyday Materials
Earth Day activities to learn about helping our planet every day!
EARTH DAY THEME ACTIVITIES: A greta gateway to talking about our Earth with young kids!
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Sheryl says
This is a great collection! Thank you for including our terrarium activity!