It’s so important to teach our children to take care of the Earth. These Earth Day Learning Activities will help you do just that. They’re great for children of all ages so add a couple to your Earth Day this year!
Earth Day Learning Activities
Make sure you do something educational and meaningful with your kids this Earth Day! We’ve put together a great round-up of all sorts of activities from crafts, to snacks, to art projects, and books you can read. Teaching your children to take care of the earth is so important.
Crafts
Easy Earth Day Craft: Bottle Cap Garden Art – Suburbia-Unwrapped. These are so cute – I think they’d look perfect in the kids’ garden.
Planet Earth Suncatcher Earth Day – Learning and Exploring through Play. Sun catchers are always a great hit at my house!
Egg Carton Tree – Glued to My Crafts. Egg cartons are easy to find and this is a really cute craft!
Printables
Want to add in a bit of academic work on Earth Day? If so, these printables are a great way to do so!
Earth Day Activity – Teachers Pay Teachers
Sorting Recyclables {An Earth Day Printable} – Tot Schooling
Earth Day Freebie {Word Search & Making Words} – The Happy Teacher
Games & Activites
Layers of the Earth Playdough – Playdough to Plate. What a great way to teach your kids about the layers of the earth!
Earth Day It’s Time to Recycle – Teach with Me. Do you recycle at home? Here’s a fun activity to encourage your kids to put the trash in the right receptacle.
Kid Made Turtle Herb Planters – Reading Confetti. My kids love planting seeds and playing in the dirt. Here’s a fun way to let them do that.
Recycling Projects
Recycled Can Bird Feeder – Momtastic. Be careful of sharp edges, but how cute is this?
Nature Prints with Clay – The Artful Parent. I love these nature prints!
DIY Bottle Planter – Hi Sugar Plum. We grow wheat berries in spring baskets every year and the kids love watching them grow.
Snacks
Dirt Cups – Mothering with Creativity
Earth Day Popcorn – Simple as that Blog
Earth Day Cupcakes – South Shore Mamas
Resources
Here are more homeschooling resources and ways to incorporate learning activities with older children as well.
Books
And finally, how about some books about taking care of the earth? Here’s a fabulous collection of 25 books for kids of all ages.
The Camping Trip that Changed America
The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest
Heroes of the Environment: True Stories of People Who Are Helping to Protect Our Planet
It’s Earth Day! (Little Critter)
Fancy Nancy: Every Day Is Earth Day (I Can Read Level 1)
The Berenstain Bears Don’t Pollute (Anymore)
Earth Day (Rookie Read-About Holidays)
The Polar Bears’ Home: A Story About Global Warming (Little Green Books)
The Adventures of an Aluminum Can: A Story About Recycling (Little Green Books)
Earth Day Escapade (Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew)
Earth Day–Hooray! (MathStart 3)
The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth (Magic School Bus)
Compost Stew: An A to Z Recipe for the Earth
Earth Book for Kids: Activities to Help Heal the Environment
I Can Save the Earth!: One Little Monster Learns to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle (Little Green Books)
10 Things I Can Do to Help My World
The Three R’s: Reuse, Reduce, Recycle (What Do You Know About? Books)
Do you do anything to teach your children to be good stewards of the earth? I’d love to hear!
Andrea
Wednesday 13th of April 2016
What a great day to celebrate and so many fantastic ideas! Thanks for sharing these, I am planning on a few of these for my children :)
Mary McKenna Siddals
Sunday 10th of April 2016
What a great round-up of Earth Day activities! I'm delighted to discover my COMPOST STEW among the books you've suggested, Michelle, and thank you so much for including it.
Michelle Marine
Sunday 10th of April 2016
We love that book! I learned from it. <3
Calvin
Sunday 10th of April 2016
Those printables are a great idea. We've been looking for something fun to do around the office for Earth Day. Thanks so much for sharing, Michelle