Earth Day Activities Earth Day STEM for Kids

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.

Earth Day Activities and STEM ideas for Kids.

10 Easy to Set Up Earth Day Activities for kids

All of these Earth Day activities would be great fun for young kids using what you already have available. That’s the best part about Earth Day activities! Use what you have. Reuse items in different ways. Play out of the recycling bin. Earth Day activities can be done any time not just on Earth Day! Spring is a wonderful time to teach young kids about the planet.

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!

SPRING SCIENCE IDEAS FOR KIDS

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