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ALL ABOUT EARTH Get ready for a month filled with so many fun activities to teach your kiddos all about our planet Earth . I teach this unit in April so it coincides with Earth Day. I’ve loaded up this blog post post with read aloud book ideas, free videos you can share with your students,

This atmosphere for kids science activity is easy and fun and full of playful learning. Let’s learn about the 5…

Learn about the earth as you create these fun LEGO projects all related to the environment!

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This conversation sheet will provide students a very nice experience and a good opportunity to reinforce environmental matters. The activity is divided into parts, like pair work and group work. - ESL worksheets

Check out this outstanding list of The Lorax activities & more to extend learning fun with this Dr. Seuss book (& celebrate Earth Day!).

This worksheet is to remember the Earth day and who created it. Here they can learn about the environment and their consequences, how to save the world and what things are good and bad - ESL worksheets

Dr. Seuss' Lorax has quickly become a classroom favorite of mine. It's silly tone teaches us all about a serious subject, our environment and pollution. The Lorax and his beautiful Truffula trees are such a colorful inspiration for Earth Day, and they are the perfect inspiration for a sensory bin. We have mentioned the benefits of sensory bin exploration in previous post. So in case you missed it let me give you a brief description. A sensory box is a contained area where kids can explore and play through utilizing their 5 senses. Helping them to understand the world around them, and how it works. Sensory boxes are inexpensive and fun to create, taking very little time to assemble. It's easiest to pick a theme and colors and start from there. Start off by introducing The Lorax to your little ones by reading the book or watching the movie which is still in theaters. To Make your sensory bin find a shallow open container that will be easy for your little one to reach into and explore. Add colored rice, you can find out how we make ours (directions for colored rice) . Remember to stick with your color theme. I used the colors from the Truffula trees, orange, yellow and pink. They are vibrant and welcome curiosity and exploration. Add some items like the ones pictured above. Black and white paper striped straws (Truffula tee trunks), you can find these online at The Sugar Divas. I also added glitter pom poms in orange, yellow and pink ( these resemble the tops of the Truffula trees from the story). I also added some soft fuzzy yarn. I found the perfect shade at my local craft store that combined all three inspiration colors. (This soft colorful yarn represents the "Thneeds" from the story.) Fluffy, soft and fun for curious little hands. I always like to add cups, scoops and small spoons so my little ones can fill them up and practice their fine motor skills, as well as spatial relationships which are skills they will need later on in the classroom. Adding words to your Sensory Bin Activities to introduce beginning reading skills Another item you can add are plastic or wooden letters, just make sure they are small enough for your little ones to handle, refrigerator magnets work great. Add the letters to spell a few sight words from the book. Have them find the hidden letters from the sensory bin and match them to the cards pictured below. You can get your own copy to print at home at our Teachers Notebook store. Once your child matches all of the letters to the cards have them search for those words in the story of The Lorax. These beginning reading skills will help them learn how words and stories are constructed and how letters have meaning, a critical concept for early reading. Fun in The Kitchen Bento-logy is one of my favorite go to sites for fun foods for my little ones. Their Lorax lunch is so creative and fun and is sure to inspire the littlest of Lorax lovers. Who wouldn't want to save the trees after eating this cute lunch. For dinner try this colorful version of pasta alfredo. Cook pasta in boiling water as usual separate into 3 bowls keeping the water, add a few drops of neon orange, pink and regular yellow food coloring to dye your noodles. Add a few drops of neon blue food coloring to your favorite alfredo sauce. Add asparagus and broccoli as little trees...serve to your little ones and watch them giggle! Kids love to explore with food new tastes, smells and textures intrigue their curiosity so go wild and get creative in the kitchen. Learn with the Lorax For some classroom fun please check out our Lorax Primary Pack Complete with suessified grammar activities, writing prompts, and math fun. There are activities for everyone! Be sure to check back this weekend for some more fun with the Lorax. We are hosting another Lil Sprouts event for our preschool friends this Saturday from 3:30 - 5:00. We will be celebrating Earth Day with the Lorax. Our Lil Sprouts will be creating their own monogrammed canvas painting with recycled objects, they will practice their sorting and color skills with an Earth friendly recycling game, they will even get their own" Truffula seed" to take home and nurture in a custom designed pot. Don't miss this fun event please visit our simply sprout facebook page to signup by this Thursday April 19, 2012. Please feel free to invite a friend! For information on upcoming Lil Sprouts events please contact us at [email protected] Amazon.com Widgets

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In this recycle worksheet, kids color the different recyclable objects, then match them up with their corresponding bin. Try our recycle worksheet on Earth Day.

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This Reading Comprehension Worksheet - Earth Day is for teaching reading comprehension. Use this reading comprehension story to teach reading comprehension.

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Cute Earth Day craft for preschoolers that is both a handprint flower and cut and paste craft with FREE earth day printable.

This fun Earth Day Activity for Kindergarten Is a great hands-on planting task you can do this month! Learn all about plants and recycling!

These free Earth Day Printables are such a fun activity for your kids to do this Earth Day! Download & print as many copies as you want!

Celebrate our planet with engaging Earth Day crafts and stories that spark creativity and eco-awareness in kids.

Here are 10 fun ways to celebrate earth day! We can save and celebrate our planet with some fun activities for the whole family. You won't have to wonder what to do on earth day.

Over 18 Earth Day Activities for kids to help them be kind to the Earth while they reduce, reuse and recycle to celebrate Earth Day.

Grab free Earth Day printables for your kids to use this Spring to strengthen their fine motor skills like my earth day playdough mats, earth day coloring pages, and earth day centers and sensory bin ideas.

Here is a fun and easy sensory play idea for Earth Day! This sensory bag is great for babies, toddlers, preschool and for kids! Easy and fun DIY activity!

Get creative with Earth Day crafts for kids! Fun and easy environmentally-friendly projects to celebrate the planet. Perfect for all ages.

This FREE Earth Day sorting activity goes beyond just recycling, teaching kids about how to take care of our planet through conservation, cleaning, reusing and planting. It also introduces children to air, water and land pollution.

Here in the midwest, we are anxiously awaiting spring and cannot wait to get outside and enjoy our beautiful Earth. This week was all about recycling, planting, and mother nature with our Preschool Earth Day theme Here were our plans for our Earth Day theme: And here are the details for each activity: Earth […]

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These 20 Earth Day activities include our favorite earth-friendly crafts, science experiments and projects from across the web.

Kids will think, read, and write how they can help the Earth with a craft, emergent readers, writing prompts, and more Earth Day Activities!

I love nature and earth crafts are some of my favorite ways to celebrate earth day on April 22nd. This craft is a great way to celebrate earth and talk about taking care of our planet. I like to pair this earth day art project with a nature walk where we collect all our materials ... Read More about Easy Nature-Based Earth Day Craft for Kids

Create a beautiful planet earth craft for Earth Day in this exciting gross motor art activity for kids! It’s a great craft project for activity kids!

Use this happy Earth sad Earth sorting activity game to teach kids about environmentally friendly actions and how to care about Earth.

13 meaningful and fun ways to teach your child about the importance of reducing, reusing, and recycling. (#13 is my son's favorite!)

A simple week of activities to celebrate Earth Week and Day for preschoolers inspired by the book My friend Earth by Patricia MacLachlan

Are you looking for Earth Day activities for toddlers? Your child will love these easy and fun activities and crafts for the holiday!

We've collected 50 fun things to do for Earth Day to help you create a fun and meaningful Earth Day activities for kids of all ages.

Kids will think, read, and write how they can help the Earth with a craft, emergent readers, writing prompts, and more Earth Day Activities!