With Earth Day rapidly approaching I thought I would share a few cute ideas gathered from around the web that work well with teaching preschoolers about our Earth and ecology.
| Earth Day Tree Craft via Kiboomu |
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| Making Recycled Alphabet Crayons via Lets Explore |
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| Recycled Can Flower Pot via MakeMyselfAtHome |
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| Give a Hoot Owl via The Learning Tree |
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| Tissue Paper Earth via Mom to 2 Posh Divas |
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| Fabric Scrap Flowers via Kaboose |
Of course there is always Making Paper which is a very cool project for all ages. My boys love tearing up the paper scraps before we start.
Here are some great preschool books about our Earth:
The Old Boot by Chris Baines
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Be Nice To Spiders by Margaret Bloom Graham
A Child’s Good Morning Book by Margaret Wise Brown and Karen Katz
The Great Paper Caper by Oliver Jeffers
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
One Light, One Sun by Raffi
And of course The Lorax has a great Earth Day theme of respecting our planet and nature!
I hope these links help you find fun ways to teach your children about the importance of conservation this Earth Day! If you have any other favorite Earth Day projects please leave a comment with a link, I’d love to see them!
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Great ideas! I think that I will try the tree with my boys. They like anything that needs to be glued!
Cute ideas! I’m hoping for nice weather so we can plant something outside
Great ideas you put together, love ‘em all! I pinned it to do some with my girls. Thanks for sharing. Found you through TT&J…I’m your newest follower!
Very good ideas.. we did the green handprints on blue painted paper plate and need some fresh ideas. Thanks! Here is our offering this week Fox Tails–http://likemamalikedaughter.blogspot.com/2012/04/enchanted-childhood-playschool-april.html
Thanks for the shoutout!!
Kimberly
The Learning Tree
Great roundup! I really can’t wait to see the Lorax, but my daughter isn’t ready for it yet. Thanks for sharing at the Kids Co-Op!
Thanks for the ideas! I’ll be doing some with my 3.5 year old next week.
These are indeed great and brilliant ideas. I am sure tat the kids will really enjoy doing this activities at the same time they will learn about Earth and ecology.